FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) – A family is mourning the loss of the Tesla employee who was shot and killed at work on Monday.
His co-worker was charged with murder.
The victim’s family says he was working at Tesla for three weeks as a temp employee and that he was trying to turn his life around before it was cut short.
“He was a caring person, he just was a hard worker, he was a great brother, he was a great friend to everybody,” Jim Brasier said.
The brother of 42-year-old Lee Brasier is heartbroken and mourning the death of his brother who was shot and killed just outside his workplace at the Tesla Factory in Fremont.
“It’s just sad the way this happened. He did not deserve to die,” Brasier said.
Fremont police say Brasier had just finished his shift Monday afternoon at the Tesla Factory on Fremont Blvd. before he was shot in the parking lot as he left.
Several hours later, detectives tracked down his co-worker 29-year-old Anthony Solima in Milpitas.
Police arrested and charged Solima with murder, “lying and wait” and possession of this assault rifle believed to be used in the crime.
According to detectives, the victim and Solima had been arguing earlier in the day before Solima walked off the job.
The Brasier family was relieved Solima is behind bars.
“We’re one of the luckier families that got the closure that the Fremont PD captured this person and I have nothing but respect for the police that did this,” Brasier said.
The family still reeling from the loss.
His sister-in-law Elizabeth Brasier says Lee was a devoted father. He leaves behind a 7-year-old daughter.
“He would bring his daughter every weekend. It’s sad because he’s not going to be here this weekend,” Elizabeth Braiser said. “He’s just going to leave a huge hole in everybody’s hearts. We’re just all so devastated that such a senseless tragedy had to occur for some disagreement at work.”
The defendant is currently being held at Santa Rita County Jail in Dublin, without bail.