Chilling Details Emerge In San Jose Parents' Deaths
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — The older of two sons charged with murdering their parents in California said he shot his father multiple times, but he said he did not shoot his mother, according to police.
Hasib Golamrabbi, 22, also said a stranger told him to shoot his father, San Jose police Sgt. Patrick Guire said in court documents accompanying a criminal complaint filed Friday.
Guire said Golamrabbi's younger brother, Omar, told investigators that Hasib Golamrabbi killed both parents.
The brothers were arraigned on two counts of murder each. Omar Golrabbi is 17, but he was charged as an adult.
They both pleaded not guilty, Santa Clara County district attorney's office spokesman Sean Webby said.
The parents were found shot to death over the weekend in their San Jose home.
The older brother told the San Francisco Chronicle in a jailhouse interview that he is eager to tell the real story but offered no other details. He emphasized that his brother is innocent.
"I want everyone to know what happened," he said, "but I can't say anything without a lawyer."
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It was not immediately known if the brothers had retained attorneys.
Omar Golamrabbi told police he closed the curtains after his brother killed their father, and his brother then killed their mother, Guire said.
Omar Golamrabbi said he checked the garage where his father was killed at his brother's request before the two drove away to make sure blood was not seeping out. He said the two then went to an anime convention in Oakland, according to Guire.
Guire said police found writing on the walls of the home, one set of which matched Omar Golamrabbi's writing that investigators found in a notebook.
Shamima and Golam Rabbi were found dead Sunday in their home on a quiet cul de sac. The double slaying and the arrest of the sons have horrified the tight-knit Muslim community.
A prayer service was planned for the parents Friday afternoon.
The victims were popular fixtures at their mosque for three decades and had helped relatives emigrate from their native Bangladesh.
"Everybody is praying that it's somebody else who did this and not the kids," said Abdul Jaka, a co-founder of the Evergreen Islamic Center. "They were a nice family."
Jason Wong, 16, a classmate of the teen suspect at Evergreen Valley High School, said the junior was quiet and mostly kept to himself.
Wong said he saw the teen on campus on Monday, the day after his parents were found dead.
"I didn't think anything was wrong then because I didn't know his parents had died," Wong said. "But now it seems strange."
It was not clear how long the couple had been dead before relatives discovered the bodies, police spokesman Sgt. Enrique Garcia said. No further details were released about the slayings.
"This is one of those tragedies nobody ever wants to be in," mosque spokesman Faisal Yazadi said. "All we can do is pray."
