Suspect Identified In Shooting That Killed Brooklyn Livery Cab Driver
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police on Wednesday identified a suspect in a shooting that killed a livery cab driver in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn earlier this week.
Unique Gray, 23, of Brooklyn was identified as a suspect in the shooting that killed livery cab driver Naji Fawaz, police said.
The shooting happened just before 12:30 a.m. Monday on Decatur Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Patchen Avenue in Brooklyn, police said.
Fawaz was found in the front seat of his car with multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and torso, police said. He was taken to Kings County Hospital Center where he was pronounced dead.
"It looks like he's the victim of a robbery," NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said earlier this week. "There is no money on him at this time. We don't have shell cases in the car, but he is hit several times in the body."
Investigators believe two passengers in Fawaz's livery cab robbed him before the shooting, which then caused him to slam into Nairne's parked car.
Spokesman Fernando Mateo called on Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to find an alternative to stop-and frisk.
"This controversial program had a huge impact on saving lives while affecting some that claimed discrimination. Now we have to deal with reality, protecting those few that claim discrimination has unleashed an armed assault on the working class in NYC. Thugs with guns are not being stopped before they commit a crime," Mateo said in a statement. "If we ignore the truth more lives will be taken and someone must be held accountable. It seems like the voices of those that commit crimes are louder than the voices of their victims."
Fawaz was a father of two young children and a native of Yemen. Police sources told CBS2 that he had an Uber sticker on his car, but had not worked for the company since March.