Man Convicted In Fatal Beating Of Somali Cab Driver Sentenced To Life In Prison

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A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Tuesday morning for his role in the beating death of a cab driver. Daniel Russell received a sentence of life without parole for second degree murder and 54 to 108 years for conspiracy to commit robbery. Ramadhan Mohamed had been working as a zTrip cab driver for just two weeks before the attack.

Investigators say Russell and three other men, King Edwards, Christen Glenn and Hosea Moore, allegedly called for the cab, then attacked and robbed the driver when he arrived. Mohamed was later found unresponsive in a yard on Climax Street in Beltzhoover. He died from his injures, leaving behind a wife who was pregnant at the time and a young son.

He faces a mandatory life sentence without parole.




Source: CBS Pittsburgh