A Fridley man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday for last year’s fatal shootings of a woman, her son and husband. Prosecutors say he and his two accomplices pretended to be UPS delivery drivers to help them get inside the family’s Coon Rapids home and look for money.
An Anoka County jury on Aug. 29 convicted Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 39, with five counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the Jan. 26, 2024, killings of Shannon Patricia Jungwirth, 42, her son, Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth, 20, and her husband, Mario Alberto Trejo Estrada, 39.
Jurors found Mingo guilty of pulling the trigger in the killings of Jungwirth and Reyes-Jungwirth and aiding and abetting in the murder of Estrada.
All three were shot in the head, and the killings were caught by video cameras inside the home in the 200 block of 94th Avenue Northwest. Two small children, both under the age of 5, were also in the home at the time of the killings but not injured.
Alonzo Pierre Mingo, Demetrius Trenton Shumpert and Omari Malik Shumpert (Courtesy of the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office)
Also indicted in the killings are brothers Omar Malik Shumpert, 20, and Demetrius Trenton Shumpert, 32, both of Minneapolis. They face their own jury trials later this year.
Video shows Omari Shumpert repeatedly pistol-whipping Estrada before shooting him in the head after he fought back, prosecutors say.
Court records show that Estrada was suspected of drug trafficking and that law enforcement was on his trail in the days leading up to the murders. Afterward, investigators searched a Golden Valley storage unit that Estrada had rented under a false name and seized three bags of white powder, seven bags of psilocybin mushrooms, three bags of marijuana and a bag of meth, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Fake UPS delivery
Coon Rapids police were dispatched to the home just before 12:30 p.m. after receiving an emergency call that captured a female voice in the background of a possible domestic situation. All three victims were found dead inside.
Law enforcement learned a pole camera was mounted across the street from the house. It captured a navy blue Nissan Altima pull up and park in front at 12:21 p.m.
Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth worked for a Lakeville-based business trimming and removing trees. (Courtesy of Jack Heidelberg)
All men three wore clothing similar to UPS drivers. Mingo carried a cardboard box “as if he is delivering a package” and he and Demetrius Shumpert pulled out guns and forced Reyes-Jungwirth, who went outside to let out his dog, back into the home, the charges say.
Once inside, Mingo and the Shumpert brothers pistol-whipped Estrada at the front entryway.
Demetrius Shumpert forced Reyes-Jungwirth to lie on the ground face down. Video also shows the brothers pistol-whipping Reyes-Jungwirth, the charges say.
Demetrius Shumpert and Mingo then forced Jungwirth to open credenza drawers while demanding money.
After Estrada fought back and was shot, Jungwirth began screaming and crying and moved toward the back bedroom. Mingo followed her and shot her. Mingo then left the bedroom and shot Reyes-Jungwirth as he moved toward the front door.
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A crime alert was issued on the Nissan and Mingo was pulled over about three hours after the killings near his Fridley home. A UPS shirt and vest were inside a backpack, and investigators later learned that Mingo had been employed by UPS until earlier that month.
Cellphone records show the Shumperts and Mingo were at Demetrius Shumpert’s home together the morning of the killings, the charges say.
Demetrius and Omari Shumpert were arrested in Minneapolis 18 days after the killings.
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