KENTWICK, Damoign--The streets of north Kentwick were blocked off with police tape for more than six hours this morning after a cab driver was shot to death.
Metropolitan Police cordoned off Donnelly Avenue in the Blakefield district in northeast Kentwick, from Purcell Street on the west to Dirkman Street on the east.
A forensics unit was called in to process the scene while detectives went door-to-door to interview residents in the neighborhood where the shooting took place.
Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and seeing a man with a gun fleeing the vehicle last night around 2:30 am local time.
Neighbors rushed to the aid of the injured cab driver, but he was mortally wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Immediately following the shooting, police combed the area for the suspect, who was described as an African-Grassadellian male in his late twenties to early thirties, but the suspect was not found.
Canines and a heat-sensing police helicopter were dispatched to the area, but turned up nothing.
Sgt. Jeff Kurtick with the Metro Police told local media the cab driver was shot a total of seven times in the abdomen, chest and neck. Police are unsure why the shooting happened, although robbery may have been a motive. Illegal drugs may have been a factor in the shooting also, police added.
Kurtick said locating the suspect is the prime goal of police right now.
"This suspect is presumed to be armed and dangerous at this time, and we have every reason to believe he will resort to violence if confronted," Kurtick said. "Right now, our most pressing concern is getting this individual, whomever he is, apprehended."
Residents of the neighborhood say they are afraid to go about their usual business with an armed killer on the loose.
"It's very scary," Thelma Hart told WGBC-TV. "It makes you think twice about going out to the postal office or the laundry mat or the ice cream parlor."
A spokesman for City Cab Co., the company the cab driver worked for, told the NPF the company is cooperating with authorities.
"We take this incident very seriously. We are very concerned about the safety of our cab drivers and our customers," Rob Durha said. "We are working with Metropolitan Police to determine exactly what happened and how it can be avoided in the future."
Police say anyone with information should call 911 immediately.
Metropolitan Police cordoned off Donnelly Avenue in the Blakefield district in northeast Kentwick, from Purcell Street on the west to Dirkman Street on the east.
A forensics unit was called in to process the scene while detectives went door-to-door to interview residents in the neighborhood where the shooting took place.
Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and seeing a man with a gun fleeing the vehicle last night around 2:30 am local time.
Neighbors rushed to the aid of the injured cab driver, but he was mortally wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Immediately following the shooting, police combed the area for the suspect, who was described as an African-Grassadellian male in his late twenties to early thirties, but the suspect was not found.
Canines and a heat-sensing police helicopter were dispatched to the area, but turned up nothing.
Sgt. Jeff Kurtick with the Metro Police told local media the cab driver was shot a total of seven times in the abdomen, chest and neck. Police are unsure why the shooting happened, although robbery may have been a motive. Illegal drugs may have been a factor in the shooting also, police added.
Kurtick said locating the suspect is the prime goal of police right now.
"This suspect is presumed to be armed and dangerous at this time, and we have every reason to believe he will resort to violence if confronted," Kurtick said. "Right now, our most pressing concern is getting this individual, whomever he is, apprehended."
Residents of the neighborhood say they are afraid to go about their usual business with an armed killer on the loose.
"It's very scary," Thelma Hart told WGBC-TV. "It makes you think twice about going out to the postal office or the laundry mat or the ice cream parlor."
A spokesman for City Cab Co., the company the cab driver worked for, told the NPF the company is cooperating with authorities.
"We take this incident very seriously. We are very concerned about the safety of our cab drivers and our customers," Rob Durha said. "We are working with Metropolitan Police to determine exactly what happened and how it can be avoided in the future."
Police say anyone with information should call 911 immediately.
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