Cabdriver gunned down on N.E. Side
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A cabdriver was shot to death on the Northeast Side early Monday, apparently by a passenger, police said.
John Dexter, 49, was found slumped over the steering wheel of a Yellow Cab van in front of a home in the 4000 block of Sunrise Pass, and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He had been shot several times in the head in an apparent robbery, Capt. Cris Andersen said.
A passenger called for a taxi around 4 a.m. in the 7500 block of Foss Meadow Street and Dexter picked him up and took him to Sunrise Pass, Andersen said. A witness told police the man got out of the van, then either leaned inside or got back into the van before several shots rang out, police said.
The van, which was still in gear, rolled into a parked car just down the street.
Officers were trying to connect the two addresses but “it's probable that the guy who called the cab used an alias,” Andersen said.
Dexter was described as “a kind, gentle person” by his brother, Kenneth Morris , who grew emotional in a brief telephone interview from Indianapolis.
Source: San Antonio Express