St. Cloud Man Found Guilty of Murdering Coworker

(Learfield News/Foley, MN) — A St. Cloud man has been found guilty of murdering his coworker.

A jury convicted 38-year-old Michael Carpenter on one count each of 1st-degree premeditated murder and 2nd-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Nicole Hammond.

Police say Hammond was shot in the neck and died outside Dubow Textile in St. Cloud on October 24th, 2022.

Carpenter had made multiple advances towards Hammond, all repeatedly rebuffed.

Text messages on Hammond’s phone show she told Carpenter she did not want to be touched or manipulated at work.

Carpenter will be sentenced on September 20th.