An elderly man shot a cabbie over a $40 fare in the Bronx in July, then strolled into a retirement home as the bloodied driver writhed on the street, the victim and officials said. Cabbie Alusine Barrie, a 27-year Guinea immigrant who supports his family back home, was shot in the stomach by Joseph Meeks, 76, while still in the driver’s seat of his yellow taxi outside the suspected gunman’s senior living facility near West 169 Street in Highbridge around 4:30pm on July 14.
Barrie then opened the door and fell out of the car with photos showing him lying down on his back as first responders and his mother cared for him in the middle of the street. The driver, who received his TLC license in March, was in stable condition at Lincoln Hospital the next day but still needed a breathing tube.
After Barrie was shot, he called his mother who lives nearby. She was able to take photos of the assailant hovering over him. The altercation started when the suspect allegedly couldn’t pay $40 for his cab fare. He allegedly tried to swipe four different credit cards, but none worked.
Meeks is facing an attempted murder charge and has a number of prior arrests. In April of 2024, he was charged with menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly threatening to kill a victim with a gun. He was also hit with charges of petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property after an alleged car break-in on June 19, the Manhattan DA’s Office said.
Source: The New York Post
