A 64-year-old Lilburn man has pleaded guilty to gunning down his ex-wife’s sister and wounding her brother inside a local convenience store, bringing a years-long criminal case to a close with a sentence of life in prison plus 25 years without the possibility of parole. Teodros Shibeshi admitted to malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and two counts of aggravated assault stemming from the April 27, 2024 shooting.
According to the Atlanta News First, Shibeshi went to a Lilburn store where his ex-wife’s siblings were working when a fight broke out between them. Prosecutors say Shibeshi shot 57-year-old Tigist Lulesgud several times, killing her, and also shot her 65-year-old brother, who survived. Shibeshi then turned the gun on himself but survived the self-inflicted wound.
The shooting took place at Tana Food Mart, an Ethiopian convenience store at 4485 Lawrenceville Highway owned by Luleseged, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The store served the local Ethiopian-American community in Gwinnett County. Lilburn Police Captain Scott Bennett said at the time that the shooting marked the city of Lilburn’s first homicide of 2024, a notable statistic for a suburban municipality with historically low homicide rates.
Victim Identities and Family Ties Clarified
In the hours after the shooting, early reports contained conflicting details about the people involved. FOX 5 Atlanta later identified the surviving male victim as 62-year-old store employee Yeshetela Abebe, who was shot in the leg, clarifying initial misstatements that had described him as the victim’s current husband…