NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A man has been charged in the 2017 killing and robbing of a United Cabs driver found dead on a remote stretch of a New Orleans road.
News outlets report a special grand jury handed up an indictment Wednesday, charging 25-year-old Tyrone Jones with second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Ahsan Khan Ali and other offenses. Jones is serving a five-year sentence for an unrelated conviction.
Ali was killed days before he was scheduled to fly to his native Pakistan to see his wife, 5-year-old son and 8-month-old daughter. Kahn picked up his last passenger in the French Quarter the morning he was killed, and was found shot to death. His taxi was partially burned.
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Authorities believe additional people are involved. It’s unclear if Jones has a lawyer who could comment.
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