Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Cab Driver Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a cab driver during an apparent robbery in Detroit.

The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Curtis Johnson of Detroit is facing charges including first-degree murder and armed robbery.

Johnson is due in court Friday afternoon. He doesn't yet have a lawyer on record.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy says Johnson got into a cab about 1:15 a.m. last Saturday that was driven by a 54-year-old man from Hamtramck, then fatally shot him in the back of the head. She says Johnson fled and was arrested Wednesday.

The driver was a father of seven. A neighbor, Denise Clominger, says he was "was doing what he needed to do to ... keep this house going" for his family.

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