An aged gunman shot a yellow taxi driver almost 50 years his junior throughout a heated broad-daylight Monday conflict over the fare within the Bronx, authorities mentioned.
Joseph Meeks, 76, acquired into an argument with the 27-year-old cabbie over the fare simply exterior of the senior dwelling facility the place he lives on Nelson Avenue close to West 169th Road in Highbridge round 4:30 p.m., police mentioned.
In the course of the feud, the irate septuagenarian pulled the driving force out of the automotive and blasted him within the abdomen, police mentioned.
The cabbie — who sources say was simply licensed by the TLC in March — was taken by responding EMS employees to Lincoln Medical Heart, the place he was listed in steady situation by Tuesday morning, police mentioned.
In the meantime, the armed senior returned house, evading arrest for about three-and-a-half hours, police mentioned.
Meeks was lastly arrested by the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit round 8 p.m. and charged with tried homicide, cops mentioned.
His arraignment was pending Tuesday afternoon.
David Do, commissioner of town’s Taxi and Limousine Fee, decried the violence in an announcement Tuesday.
“This younger man sadly has needed to battle for his life due to a mindless and completely unacceptable act of violence,” Do mentioned. “We’re grateful that he’s in steady situation and reaching out to him to supply help. We additionally applaud the NYPD officers who quickly apprehended the suspect.”
