Newly released photos show a “disgruntled” former patient at a dental clinic’s receptionist opening fire at his California office, killing and wounding the dentist’s boss. The dentist’s boss was buried on Sunday.
Yareli Carrillo, 28, an office worker who was injured in the leg in an attack Thursday afternoon in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, was featured smiling on her 2022 birthday. Now standing next to the murdered Dr. Benjamin Haruni — in a photo from the clinic’s Instagram page.
In another snapshot, she cuts the cake She celebrated her 2022 birthday with her colleagues at Smile Plus Dentistry & Orthodontics.
The photos were released Sunday morning as Haruni, 28, was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego. Haruni ran an office with his father.
Police arrested Mohamed Abdulkareem, a former patient at the clinic, on one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder, records show.
“The exact motive for the shooting is still under investigation, but Abdulkareem is believed to have been a disgruntled former customer,” El Cajon said. police said in a release Friday.
the first carrillo Identified by Yeshiva Worldalong with a 40-year-old employee, were injured.
Police said the shooting appeared to have been planned for several weeks.
Records show Abdukareem legally purchased a handgun just two weeks ago and rented a U-Haul pickup less than an hour before he allegedly shot and killed the former dentist.
Police said the murder suspect jumped on the steering wheel of a truck and fled the scene after the shooting, but was gone before police could obtain the license plate and broadcast it.
According to police, a vigilant good Samaritan spotted the parked truck just after 9 p.m. Thursday and alerted police, who arrived at the scene and apprehended the suspect nearby.
Abdulkareem, 29, is being held without bail at the San Diego Central Jail, records show.
After his arrest, El Cajon Police Chief Michael Moulton said the FBI helped track him down.
of Anti-Defamation League of San Diego On Friday, the shooting victim was a member of the Jewish community, but police said they found no indication that his death was connected to anti-Semitism.
Smile Plus Dentistry lists Harouni as one of three doctors working for his father, Jack, the practice’s owner.
According to some sources, Haruni had celebrated his birthday just nine days before the murder. Social media posts.
