Friday, March 18, 2005

Jacksonville, Florida

From Jacksonville‘s Fox30Online.com of March 18, 2005
Cab driver guns down attempted thief

Police say a cab driver took the law into his own hands Thursday night when an attempted robber held him at gunpoint.

The incident occurred at the Lighthouse Bay Apartments around 9:30 p.m.

According to authorities, the cabbie was dropping off two passengers when a man tried to rob him. The driver turned the tables on the man, pulled out a gun of his own, and shot him.

"People in this type of work, who carry money and work late at night, are in harms way every night just to earn a living,” says Sgt. Scott McLeod of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. “It's a very tragic situation, and it's tragic when anything like this happens.”

The suspect died at the scene, but the driver and the passengers were not hurt.

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