19-Year-Old Arrested for Shooting Taxi Driver

The police arrested a 19-year-old woman for shooting a taxi driver in the face last Thursday. Enois Malbranche, a 62-year-old driver, is still in critical condition; Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Malbranche was "shot in one eye...The bullet exits the other eye." Malbranche had picked up three women at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street, but at Lafayette and Franklin Avenue, he stopped when they wouldn't pay the $9.80 cab fare. That's when April Pierce allegedly shot him; it's also suspected the women were trying to rob him. A taxi drivers union and a taxi cab technology company have offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 11, 2008 9:29 AM

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everyAframe

rape it up, cellies!

Snoopy

Spirit, I was not trolling, I was surf casting. There is a difference.

jpeditor

She probably needed the money for food crack.
(Do I get the Captain Obvious award?)

abzme

They need more cops in that area. My gf lives near there and I never see them over there at all. As a result she has to call me every time she's walking home.

Spirit of 76

You're taking Snoopy seriously? He's just trolling, like he does most of the time.

pazzia

rush to judgment? she shot him over cab fare.

Amanda Harletsch

She ought to donate her eyes to the driver!

Snoopy

Maybe the meter was running fast or the surcharge was excessive. More details are needed before the rush to judgment.

GOP

What color is (s)he?

Billiamsburg

Where's Sharpton?

babyhitler

I can't wait for Obama to be president. 1. for revenge against the republicans who voted in bush twice, let's see how they like it when obama becomes prez. and 2. probably 40% of black people will feel pride while 60% of black people will feel shame and humiliation and disgust with themselves when Obama becomes prez. Obama will be "that guy". The guy who comes from the same place as them and made it. No more excuses!

eyekantspel

Cab driver shot in one eye, bullet exits out the other over a $10 fare in bedstuy?

The communities that complain about cabbies' racial profiling and avoiding certain neighborhoods should be donating money to this driver.

Disgusting. The people on this site who long for the NYC of yesterday and equate crime with edginess should be happy, senseless violent crimes like these seem to be making a comeback.