Houston Texas Taxi  Driver Shot & Car jacked

by Nakia Cooper / khou.com

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Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:32 AM

Updated Monday, May 9 at 4:47 PM

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TEMPLE, Texas – Three men and one woman were taken into custody Sunday in connection with the robbery and carjacking of a cab driver in southwest Houston, according to authorities.
Nicholas Paul Aker, Norris Briscoe and BrShai Kevin Peters were booked into the Bell County Jail Sunday　on aggravated robbery charges.
A woman, Jasmine Monique Stelly, was also booked into the Bell County Jail, but her exact charges were not clear.
The Temple Police Department SWAT team assisted Houston police and U.S. Marshals in locating the suspects.
Two of the suspects were found walking near Sam’s Club in the 1400 block of Marianwood Road around 2:15 p.m., and the other two were located a short time later at the Canyon Creek Townhomes in the 1400 block on Canyon Creek Drive.
HPD said the independent cab driver picked up the suspects from the Greyhound bus station in downtown Houston on May 6.
The driver then drove the suspects to the Pines of Westbury apartments, located in the 12600 block of Dunlap at Fonmeadow, around 12:30 a.m.
After arriving　at the complex, police said the suspects shot　the driver　eight times, then took his van and wallet.
"Our victim was able to make it to two different apartments where he banged on the door for help," said Roger Chappell with the Houston Police Department. "Some other people were going into their apartments and called 911 for him."
The victim managed to give a woman who came to his aid a few details of the shooting before emergency crews arrived.
"He told me he was driving a white van and had some guys with him and they robbed him," she said. "He looked very tore up because he was shot in his tummy and chest and everywhere. He had big holes coming out of his body."
Hours after the shooting, a Crime Stoppers tip led Houston police to the driver’s minivan, which was abandoned in southwest Houston.
Investigators continued searching, which eventually led them to the suspects.
Authorities said two of the suspects have criminal records. Aker was already on probation from prior charges of robbery threats and Peters had prior charges of resisting and evading arrest.
All four suspects will be extradited to Harris County as Houston police continue to investigate.
The cab driver　was still listed in critical condition at Ben Taub Hospital Monday.

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SE Houston Taxi Driver found Dead.......2011
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston cab driver was found dead overnight in the parking lot of a park on the city's south side.
An HPD officer was on patrol when he spotted a cab parked around 1am in the 7500 block of Scott Street at Beech White Park. He discovered the cab driver slumped over in the vehicle with the driver's door open.

Police say the cab driver, identified as Alvin Irving, Jr., was partially in the cab with his leg hanging out. Irving, Jr. was pronounced dead on the scene. Police are now saying that Irvin, Jr. may have died of natural causes.
Investigators ruled out robbery earlier, saying they found money at the scene. We're told the cab driver was supposed to pick up an occupant near the area, but we we're also told that occupant was never picked up.

There are no known witnesses nor suspects in this case.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Police arrest 2 in Houston cab driver killings

Police arrest 2 in Houston cab driver killings

by khou.com staff

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Posted on October 17, 2010 at 11:42 AM

HOUSTON – Police arrested two suspects Friday they say shot and killed two Yellow Cab drivers in the Houston area.
The suspects, 21-year-olds Chaz Blackshear and Danielle Hudson, confessed to their roles in the murders and police said evidence recovered verified their involvement.
Police said Mohammed Elsayed, 32, was shot to death Tuesday in the 5400 block of Wheatley. His body was discovered in a nearby bayou later that day, and his cab was found abandoned in the 12400 block of Overbrook.
The second driver, 50-year-old Blaise Nwokenaka, was killed Thursday morning. Police said the last fare Nwokenaka picked up was at the Chevron at Whittington and Dairy Ashford, the same location as the 1st victim. Authorities said a patrol officer saw the cab parked in the middle of an office parking lot, but thought nothing of it. When the officer drove by a second time, around 5 a.m., and the cab was still there, he went to investigate and found Nwokenaka shot to death in the driver’s seat. Police said the interior of the cab appeared to be burned.
Several Yellow Cab drivers expressed concerns for their safety earlier this week after getting word of the killings. Roman Martinez, President and CEO of Texas Taxi, a parent company of Yellow Cab of Houston, said he was grateful to police for getting the suspects off the streets.
"The independent contractor drivers are relieved, as we are, to know the murderers who were preying on Houston’s taxi drivers have been arrested," Martinez said in a statement.
Authorities said the suspects were arrested without incident and each faces charges of two counts of capital murder.
Police said more information on the case would be released during a news conference Monday

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10-10-2011 * San Antonio Taxi Driver found DEAD!
SAN ANTONIO - A man was shot inside of his taxi cab on the city's East Side.

It happened around 4:15 Monday morning near FM 78 and Sunrise Pass.

When Police arrived on the scene they found the man dead in his cab.
The driver has not been identified but police say he was in his 40's.

"Here's a guy here trying to make a living and he was murdered while trying to do that, " said Police Chief William McManus.

The news of the murder quickly traveled to other taxi drivers. News 4 WOAI caught up with several of them at the local airport.
"We might be on watch because you never know what's going to happen, " replied driver Jorge Carrion.

Carrion said he's been driving a cab for 32 years and will not work nights. Another driver, Faris Rafiti will also only work during the day. Both men try to keep their business at the airport because they say it's safer. Some taxi cab drivers don't have that option.

"Some people they can not afford it because it's to tough to make that's why they go into the city to make money, " replied driver Mohammad Ghanem.

The drivers we spoke with did not know the murdered taxi driver, but say they are still deeply saddened by the news.

Police are looking at surveillance video taken from a nearby Exxon station because they believe both the driver and passenger may have stopped there. Investigators will also search through surveillance video from inside the taxi cab.

So far police have not released a motive, or the name of a suspect.