WILLMAR, Minn. — A Minneapolis man accused of killing a motorist on Highway 23 in October 2024 pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 29, to second-degree murder.

Ameer Musa Matariyeh, 26, of Minneapolis, and his lawyer William Walker entered a petition to plead guilty to two of the four felonies charged against Matariyeh in Kandiyohi County District Court . A plea agreement had been in the works for months after Matarieyeh had been determined mentally competent to stand trial.

According to Walker, terms of the agreement were that Matariyeh plead guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder in the two shootings he committed in Kandiyohi County while evading law enforcement officers pursuing him in connection to a domestic assault in Minneapolis where shots were also fire

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