InDrive taxi driver shot dead in Santo Domingo Este: police seek four suspects
A 48-year-old taxi driver was murdered in the early hours of Friday on the Las Américas motorway. The National Police are pursuing four men who reportedly boarded the vehicle as passengers.
Four men sought for murder of taxi driver in Santo Domingo Este
The National Police are seeking four men involved in the killing of an InDrive platform taxi driver, which occurred in the early hours of Friday in Santo Domingo Este, according to diariolibre.com.
The victim was identified as Feliz Valentín Casalinovo Trinidad, 48 years old. The attack took place on the pedestrian walkway of the Las Américas motorway, opposite the Dr. Darío Contreras Trauma Hospital.
According to preliminary investigations, the four suspects allegedly requested the taxi driver's services and, once on board, attacked him with a firearm to rob his belongings.
The vehicle in which the victim was travelling, a grey Hyundai Sonata LF, was found abandoned on Calle 9, corner of Avenida 25 de Febrero. Forensic police technicians collected several pieces of evidence from the scene.
Agents from the Crimes Investigation Division and Crimes against Persons (Homicides), in coordination with specialists from the High-Tech Crimes Investigation Department (Dicata), are working on identifying and locating the suspects.
The National Police urged the suspects to turn themselves in by whatever means they consider appropriate, and noted that it is continuing to deepen investigations to clarify the circumstances of the incident and bring those responsible before the Public Ministry.
Source: Google News DO — Santo Domingo