An Indiana man told police he was “not the bad guy” after he allegedly shot his wife seven times in front of their two young children to “neutralize a threat,” police said.
Mohammed Mondal, 45, was arrested and charged with murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and two counts of neglect of a dependent on Monday, according to Dearborn County Circuit Court records.
He is currently behind bars at the Dearborn Law Enforcement Center without bond, and made an initial court appearance Thursday.
According to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital, the 45-year-old father of two called 911 and reported that he had “accidentally shot his wife,” then turned around and said he had shot his wife. Stacy Mondal, mother of five children. in self defense”.
“Sergeant. McAllister said he answered the phone and, from Mondal’s tone of voice, he seemed scared and upset,” the affidavit reads.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department sergeant reportedly responded, “Are you serious?” He then asked for Mondal’s location.
The couple, their two-year-old son, and their fourteen-month-old son were reportedly together in their car on the way to JCPenney for a family photo shoot when the shots occurred.
Dearborn County sheriff’s deputies followed Mondal’s car to St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital (pictured) after he reported he had shot his wife. In the parking lot, detectives wrote, Stacy Mondal was covered in blood and “collapsed.” google maps
Sheriff’s deputies caught up with Mondal’s vehicle and followed him to nearby St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital, on the Ohio border.
In the parking lot, according to the affidavit, officers saw Mondal’s wife covered in blood and “slumped over to the left side toward the center console.”
She was pronounced dead at 12:11 p.m., police said.
According to the document, a small black handgun was found on the passenger side floorboard near the woman’s feet.
In later interviews, Mondal claimed that Stacy, 40, was “going for his gun” and reiterated that he shot him in “self-defense.”
He then detailed his “marital problems,” including multiple suspicious affairs.
“[Mondal] stated that he believed [Stacy] had an affair with a neighbor… in the course of the investigation, detectives discovered that Mondal believed that at least two men in his neighborhood had previously had an affair with Stacy and that at least one of them had been following him. “Mondal also believed that his father-in-law was following him on the day of the shooting,” the affidavit said.
Detectives noted in the affidavit that they could not find any evidence of Stacy’s alleged infidelity.
Mondal allegedly told Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department detectives (pictured) that he shot his wife to “neutralize a threat” when she reached for a gun in the center console. Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office
“After leaving to go to the photo appointment, [Mondal] “He said he and Stacy started arguing and she hit him with her cell phone,” police reported.
“Mondal then stated that he dropped the cell phone and grabbed a gun that was in the open center console,” the affidavit continues. “Mondal then stated that he grabbed a gun and shot Stacy.”
When detectives informed Mondal that his wife had been pronounced dead, the man told them “for the first time” that “Stacy [Mondal] He pointed the gun at him before shooting him,” police reported.
But detectives wrote that they could find no evidence that Stacy fired shots during the argument.
In his final interview, Mondal allegedly said he fired seven shots at his wife to “neutralize a threat” and insisted that he “wasn’t the bad guy.”
In an interview with local outlet WLWT, Stacy’s family said their current goal is to “love and support” the murdered woman’s five surviving children.
“We are being comforted by family, friends, and the outpouring of compassion from our community,” they wrote in a written statement. “Stacy’s spirit will live on.”
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