In November 11, a grand jury in Fulton County indicted Raissa Kengne, who previously worked as an IT audit manager at BDO USA in Atlanta, for the shooting deaths of her former supervisor at the accounting firm and the property manager of the condominium building where she resided. The shootings occurred in August.
Ex-BDO Atlanta Employee Who Shot and Killed Her Former Boss Was Indicted on Murder Charges
Kengne is being accused of utilizing a handgun to fatally shoot Michael Shinners, aged 60, and injure another victim, Mike Horne, on August 22nd. The incident occurred at the property management office located in the 1280 West condominium building on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta. Both Shinners and Horne were employed by Beacon Management Services, the company responsible for managing the condominium building where Kengne lived. The victims were discovered by authorities around 1:45 p.m. Shinners, who was the property manager, passed away as a result of the shooting, while Horne, the chief building engineer of the company, underwent several surgeries and was released from Atlanta Medical Center on September 27th.
As per the Fox affiliate in Atlanta's report, Kengne allegedly shot at Zamir Steed and detained her unlawfully, presumably in the management office, as stated in the indictment. Fortunately, Steed remained unharmed. After about half an hour, Kengne purportedly shot Wesley Freeman, 41 years old, who worked at BDO's Atlanta office located at 1100 Peachtree St. Freeman was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital but succumbed to his injuries. Kengne worked as an IT audit manager at BDO in Atlanta from August 2019 to November 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile. Freeman, who was reportedly Kengne's supervisor, was an IS assurance managing director, according to his now-deleted LinkedIn profile. As reported by AJC, Kengne took a cab from the Starling Atlanta Midtown Hotel on 14th Street at approximately 2:20 p.m., and the driver dropped her off at a residence in Atlanta's Ansley Park neighborhood.
Kengne was apprehended by authorities at the international terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport around 4 p.m. The arrest took place prior to her going through security and entering a restricted area. Additionally, the weapon she is accused of using in the triple shooting was recovered by the authorities.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Kengne was the President and CEO of Kengne Corp. at the time of her arrest. She had published a series of posts about a week before her alleged shooting spree, targeting BDO, Freeman, Beacon Management Services, and the Atlanta Police Department. In one of her posts, Kengne accused BDO of retaliating against her for reporting violations of IT audit engagement auditing standards, leading to her being "constructively discharged by the firm."
In addition to her federal whistleblower lawsuit, Kengne criticized Freeman, describing him as "the most indolent manager I've ever worked for." She also cautioned individuals to avoid condominiums managed by Beacon Management Services, stating that the company is both incompetent and engaged in criminal activities. The lawsuit, which was filed in the summer of the previous year, included multiple defendants, such as Shinners, BDO USA, Freeman, and Beacon Management Services, among others, and spanned nearly 600 pages.
According to the submitted document, Kengne allegedly encountered various forms of mistreatment such as retaliation, persecution, harassment, intimidation, burglary, computer hacking, phone spoofing, and other types of attacks. These actions were purportedly taken against him after reporting an alleged violation of SEC regulations, PCAOB standards, antitrust laws, and a law that prohibits employers in Georgia from inquiring about a job applicant's salary history. The filing accuses the defendants of engaging in illegal, criminal, and immoral behavior.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the case was transferred to federal court in July. Subsequently, Judge Catherine Salinas issued orders to strike Kengne's original complaint from the docket, deny her motion to remand her case to state court, and refuse her motion for a stay in all motions. Kengne, who was self-representing, reportedly filed an appeal against Salinas' ruling with the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. However, the newspaper reported that Kengne allegedly committed the murders of Shinners and Freeman after filing the appeal.
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