Man sentenced to life without parole for deadly attack on cab driver in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — A man who was found guilty in a 2017 deadly attack on a cab driver in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood was sentenced Tuesday.

Daniel Russell was 19 years old when Ramadhan Mohamed was robbed and beaten to death in February 2017. Russell was found guilty in November of second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy.

Russell was sentenced Tuesday to life without parole for the second-degree murder charge, as well as 54 to 108 years for the conspiracy charge.

Before the judge handed down the sentence, Russell said he wasn’t satisfied with his attorney and wanted a new trial.

Mohamed’s family was at the sentencing and asked for privacy. Prosecutors read a witness impact statement from Mohamed’s nephew on their behalf. It said, in part:

“Words cannot express the pain and anguish our family has experienced … Ramadhan came to the United States seeking safety and a better life … Our family is forever broken without him.”

Russell and three other men -- King Edwards, Hosea Moore and Christen Glenn -- were charged in the attack.

According to a criminal complaint, the four men and another person were at Edwards' home on Curtain Street when they decided to rob a pizza delivery person but realized the pizza shop was closed. Instead, the men called for a Z Trip cab, the complaint stated.

Police said Edwards and Moore called the cab with the intent of robbing the driver.

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They told Mohamed to pick them up on Climax Street. According to the complaint, they beat him up, leaving him and the car there.

The men later returned, moved Mohamed's body to a yard and moved his car three blocks away.

Family members said Mohamed had a 2-year-old son and his wife was eight months pregnant at the time.

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