Livery Cabbie, Fatally Shot By Passenger, Crashes Car

2009_05_livcab.jpg Just before 1 a.m. yesterday, livery cab driver Roberto Pita was shot multiple times by his passenger. Pita's car crashed into PS 306 at Davidson and Tremont Avenues in the Bronx and police believe the Ecuadorian immigrant deliberately crashed the car to stop an attempted robbery. When police arrived, they found the suspected shooter in the backseat—along with a gun—with injuries to his face and hip; the suspect, 20, was taken to the hospital and charges are pending. The dispatcher at Premium Car Service told the Daily News "that [Pita] drove 16 hours a day to earn money for his wife and two children in Ecuador." Speaking to the Post, another colleague said,"His wife came to New York for the first time this week and left just yesterday. All he ever wanted was to be with his family."

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its actually two schools at that site...186x annex and 306

When I first read this all I could think was, what kind of shit-for-brains shoots the cabbie while he's driving??? Luckily his own stupidity resulted in his capture.

Yet one more argument why abortion should both be legal and retroactive.

F that. Sterilization should be constitutional.

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