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   From: black.lies.matter@abc.com   
      
   HASTINGS, Minn. — A Minnesota man told investigators that a   
   married couple “freaked him out” before running them over in a   
   minivan, just one day after being kicked out of an apartment by   
   his family, according to a criminal complaint Monday charging   
   him with second-degree murder.   
      
   Prosecutors in Dakota County said 36-year-old Jonna Kojo   
   Armartey fatally struck 58-year-old Diane Peterson and 74-year-   
   old Roger Peterson of the Twin Cities suburb Eagan last Thursday   
   as they were walking near a strip mall. Police said they found   
   Diane and Roger Peterson struggling to breathe, and they later   
   died after being taken to the hospital.   
      
   Police arrested Armartey several hours later at an Apple Valley   
   hotel roughly 6 miles away after he abandoned the minivan.   
      
   “This was not an accident,” Dakota County Attorney James   
   Backstrom said in a statement announcing the charges. “The   
   victims, in this case, appear to have been targeted by the   
   defendant, the reasons for which are unknown at this time.”   
      
   Diane and Roger Peterson had been married for more than 37 years   
   and were on their typical walking route the evening they died.   
      
   A family member told The Associated Press that the family was   
   mourning on Monday. A memorial service at the couple’s church is   
   scheduled for later this month.   
      
   Armartey allegedly told investigators the couple “freaked him   
   out,” so he ran over them “going fast and hit them hard,”   
   according to the criminal complaint.   
      
   Authorities said Armartey and the Petersons did not know each   
   other.   
      
   Court records show that Armartey was on probation for three   
   prior felonies at the time of the incident for convictions that   
   included assaulting a correctional officer and a psychiatrist.   
   He was also civilly committed from June 2016 to December 2017   
   after a psychologist deemed he wasn’t mentally competent to   
   proceed in one of the assault cases.   
      
   The criminal complaint said Armartey had a dispute with his   
   family at an apartment in Eagan the day before the Petersons   
   were hit, with Armartey thrown out of the apartment.   
      
   Armartey’s attorney did not immediately return messages seeking   
   comment on his behalf Monday.   
      
   He remained in county jail on bail set at $1.5 million. His next   
   court appearance is July 12.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/man-accused-of-killing-couple-that-   
   freaked-him-out-police/   
      
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