Man Charged In Slaying Of Detroit Uber Driver To Face Trial
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A 23-year-old man charged in the fatal shooting of an Uber driver in Detroit will face trial on a murder charge and other crimes.
A judge on Thursday said there's enough evidence to send Dajuan Watson to trial in the death of Modou Diagne.
Police responding to a reported traffic accident on March 19 found 51-year-old Diagne inside an SUV on the city's west side suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He later died at a hospital.
Prosecutors say Watson had requested that Diagne pick him up, and then shot him during an altercation. He was arrested nearly a month later.
Diagne, who was originally from Senegal, had been an Uber driver for the past three years. He leaves behind a pregnant wife and three children.
If convicted as charged, Watson faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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