The past few months have been a disaster. Among some of those killed were Jean Scott, a 43 year-old father of three, who was shot April 15 by a passenger who pumped a bullet inot his neck while driving through East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Police also believe Lopez's death was robbery related. There were detectives on the case investigating whether Lopez's death is connected to another driver that was robbed earlier that same night right near the location of where Lopez was killed. He said that if he was robbed, he would give everything up.
Police have three suspects for some of the killings.
The livery taxi services and the streets of New York want to see those committing these crimes to be convicted and serve their punishment. These livery cabs do so much good service to myself and many others in this community. Due to recent killings, the taxi and limousine commission voted unanimously last week to require all drivers to install either a bulletproof partitions or digital security cameras. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani Governor of New York had pledged five million dollars in a grant program to help pay for the security devices. Livery cab drivers are prohibited by city regulations from picking up fares on the street and are only allowed to get passengers from dispatchers.