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July 18, 2007

No arrests yet in killing of cab driver, police say

No arrests had been made yet in connection with the shooting death of Providence cab driver Jose Rodriguez, according to Central Falls Police.

Rodriguez was shot Monday, on his birthday, around midday while he was driving three men from Providence to Central Falls. He died the following day.

Evelyn Gonzalez, the manager at Gonzalez Cab Inc. of Providence, where Rodriguez worked, said today that another cabbie just missed a confrontation with two men he had gone to pick up on Nebraska Street in Providence at 9:15 p.m.

Gonzalez said they had requested to go to Central Falls. The cabbie saw one man come through an alley and another man approaching from the other side. He took off in his cab after that man dropped a gun, she said.

Gonzalez said she told him to report it to police but did not know if he did or not. She said sometimes cabbies do not report crimes or potential crimes because police do not respond for hours.

She said she is planning to talk with Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman.

At the home of Jose Rodriguez, his widow Ana (Yvelisse) Rosario Rodriguez and her family made preparations to send his body back to the Dominican Republic, his native country.

-- Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:00 PM | Permalink

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