Suspected shooter arrested in murder of Moorhead cab driver
An 18-year-old man was taken into custody Wednesday night following a joint investigation into the taxi driver s death. Author: Associated Press, Dana Thiede Published: 1:27 PM CDT May 5, 2021 Updated: 6:25 PM CDT May 10, 2021
MOORHEAD, Minn. Moorhead police say an 18-year-old man has been arrested and is jailed in the shooting death of a taxi driver early Wednesday.
The suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night following a joint investigation by Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota police, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
Police found 24-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi dead in his cab after responding to reports of a single-vehicle crash in south Moorhead around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators say he had been shot during a robbery.
Moorhead police identify slain taxi driver
Police and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents were at the scene Wednesday morning investigating a taxi in the ditch between a row of houses and railroad tracks. Along with the ditch, an apartment parking lot was taped off.
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Investigators work the scene of a homicide along the 3000 block of 20th Street South in Moorhead on Wednesday. May 5, 2021.
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MOORHEAD Police have identified a 24-year-old taxi driver who is believed to have been killed in his vehicle early Wednesday morning, May 5, in south Moorhead.
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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Rochester Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting incident during a commercial vehicle traffic stop in Rochester Wednesday morning.
According to the Department of Public Safety, three state troopers assigned to the Minnesota State Patrol Commerical Vehicle unit stopped a semi-truck for a vehicle inspection at around 6:45 a.m. at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center parking lot. Troopers attempted to detain the semi-truck driver for failing to produce identification at around 8:30 a.m. According to the preliminary investigation, the driver took out a gun and fired two rounds, both of which were self-inflicted gunshots to the head.
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State Patrol: Semi driver kills self after being stopped by troopers
The incident happened Wednesday morning in the Miracle Mile shopping center parking lot in Rochester.
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Law enforcement says a semi-truck driver that was stopped for a vehicle inspection Wednesday morning fatally shot themselves in the head.
The incident happened at the Miracle Mile shopping center parking lot in Rochester around 6:45 a.m. The Minnesota State Patrol said in a news release troopers assigned to the patrol s commercial vehicle unit stopped the truck and attempted to detain the driver around 8:30 a.m. after they failed to produce identification.