Partly Cloudy 47°
Tag:

Kofi Addo

Police & Fire
3 Teens Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Taxi Driver In Somerset County: Prosecutor 3 Teens Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Taxi Driver In Somerset County: Prosecutor
3 Teens Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Taxi Driver In Somerset County: Prosecutor Three teen boys have been charged, two of them with murder, in last week’s shooting of a taxi driver investigators say was motivated by robbery. The first two suspects, ages 14 and 13, of Somerset and New Brunswick, were each charged with first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree conspiracy, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and various weapons charges, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Monday, May 15. The third suspect, age 13, of New Brunswick, was charged with robbery and conspiracy. The charges come after officers responding to a shooting report …

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Taxi Driver Shot Dead In Somerset County: Prosecutor Taxi Driver Shot Dead In Somerset County: Prosecutor
Taxi Driver Shot Dead In Somerset County: Prosecutor A 57-year-old taxi driver was shot dead in Somerset County late on Thursday, May 11, authorities announced. Officers responding to the shooting report near Rose Street and Sydney Place in Franklin Township found Kofi Addo, of North Brunswick, with a gunshot wound behind the wheel of a taxi crashed into a parked vehicle just after 9:55 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said in a release. Addo was rushed to a local trauma center and pronounced dead a short time after. According to investigators, Addo had just picked up a fare near Rose Street when he was confronted and shot b…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson