The Hennepin County attorney has charged a 24-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of Steve Parker Sr., who was found dead in Minneapolis garage Sunday afternoon.
Rondell Russell Camp, 24, allegedly killed Parker, a neighborhood mechanic, while Parker was working on the defendant’s vehicle, the charges said.
According to a criminal complaint, police and paramedics found Camp with a leg wound in an alley on the 3700 block of Aldrich Ave. N. He was said to be crawling, “screaming and in great pain.”
Camp, who has no known address, told authorities about a dead body in a nearby garage. They found Parker’s body at about 4:30 p.m.
The man had numerous cuts to his head, broken bones in his face, a large stab wound on the left side of his neck beneath his ear and numerous defensive wounds to both hands, the complaint said.
Authorities also found a large pool of blood beneath Parker’s head, a wrench under his shoulder and blood spatters on the nearby car and other surfaces.
“(Camp) had no apparent injuries that were consistent with the amount of blood on his hands, face and clothing,” according to the complaint.
Witnesses told police they heard a loud argument inside the garage, where Parker repaired cars, and later heard Camp screaming in pain in the alley.
Police accompanied Camp to the hospital for treatment of his leg wound. He was in custody Tuesday and expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon.