Justin Paul Reinarts, a 50-year-old White man, was killed in the predawn darkness of November 2, 2025, inside a home on the 100 block of Blessum Street West in Hanska, Minnesota. Deputies were dispatched after a 911 call reported a violent break-in and gunfire, and when first responders arrived they found Reinarts and a woman, Tabitha Leigh Trescott, dead from gunshot wounds. 
Investigators say the call came from a 13-year-old inside the residence who described waking to shouting, then the blast of a gunshot. In the moments that followed, the child reportedly saw a man in the hallway holding a long gun; the man allegedly pointed the weapon and ordered the child back into a bedroom. The account became the first thread in what authorities described as a double-homicide investigation—one that, in a town as small as Hanska, spread faster than sunrise and left neighbors struggling to make sense of how a home could turn into a crime scene so suddenly. 
The suspect identified by law enforcement was Randy Thomas Zimmerman of Courtland. Charging documents and subsequent reporting describe him as Trescott's ex-boyfriend, and allege that he forced his way into the home and shot both victims. By later that day, a multi-agency manhunt had crossed state lines; Zimmerman was captured in Iowa after authorities tracked him down following an hourslong search. 
Details emerging after the arrest painted the flight as dangerous as the violence itself. Reporting described a high-speed effort to evade deputies and an allegation that the suspect fired at a deputy before being taken into custody. Zimmerman was initially charged in Brown County with murder counts connected to the two deaths, with later proceedings raising the stakes as prosecutors pursued more severe allegations. 
Within weeks, a grand jury formally indicted Zimmerman on multiple counts, including first-degree murder, reflecting prosecutors' view that the killings were not only lethal but legally grave in their alleged circumstances. Court coverage also detailed significant bail conditions set as the case moved into the pretrial process, signaling that the courtroom phase would be long, contested, and closely watched by a community still reeling from the loss. 
