A Shooting at 1400 Farragut Dr. Mostafa M. Ah Abdo , Age 38, and a Sub-Contractor tile worker
Shooting Investigation
Shortly after 1:30 p.m. today, officers responded to the scene of a shooting
at 1400 Farragut Dr. N.
A work crew was at the vacant house currently under remodel/construction, when a disagreement about payment occurred between the general contractor , Mostafa M. Ah Abdo , age 38, and a sub-contractor tile worker.
At the height of the argument, the tile worker started smashing completed tile work.
The general contractor , Mostafa Ah Abdo, went to his truck and retrieved a firearm. He returned with the firearm and threatened the tile worker.
The tile worker’s father, Yamel P. Benitez, age 52, who was also laying tile, pulled out his own firearm and shot Mostafa Ah Abdo to defend his son.
Mostafa Ah Abdo died from his injuries.
Investigators determined that this was justifiable self-defense of another and Benitez was not arrested.
