Taxi Driver Fatally Shot, Apparent Gunmen Flee
From Times Staff Reports
A taxi driver was shot to death in his cab late Saturday in Lancaster, Los Angeles County sheriffs officials said in a statement Sunday.
Witnesses said they heard a crash and saw that a taxi had hit two parked cars in the 44800 block of Fenhold Street, the statement said. Two men were seen getting out of the back of the taxi and running away.
The driver, whose name had not been released, died from a gunshot wound to the chest before authorities arrived.
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