JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three teenagers accused in the shooting death of a Yellow Cab driver will be prosecuted as adults.
Melvin Wright, 62, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest slumped over the front seat of his cab in the front yard of a home on Bloxham Avenue in Panama Park.
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Tavionne Williams, 17, Tionne Williams, 14, and Deron Brown Jr., 18, are are charged with murder in Wright's death.
Brown, who was 17 at the time, is accused of pulling the trigger.
Police said the teens called for a taxi Jan. 30 with the intention of robbing the driver. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Tionne Williams, 15, made the call asking for a cab to come to that address.
When Wright arrived, Brown and Tavione Williams, who is not related to Tionne, approached the cab. Lt. Steve Gallagher said the plan was for Tavionne Williams to get in the cab and distract the driver, but Brown shot the driver with a .22-caliber rifle.
Tionne Williams and Tavionne Williams were arrested in Jacksonville shortly after the murder. Brown fled to Broward County, where he later turned himself in. In addition to murder, all three are charged with armed robbery.
Wright was the fourth cab driver killed in Jacksonville during the last decade.