Frederick Emereje, a 72-year-old taxi driver, was shot and killed in downtown Atlanta in the early morning hours of February 15, 2022. Emereje, a Nigerian immigrant who came to the United States in the 1970s, had worked for nearly a decade as a driver for National Cab Company to support his family.

Just before 5 a.m. he was dropping off a passenger at an apartment complex near Centennial Olympic Park Drive when he was shot. The passenger is believed to have been the shooter and fled in Emereje’s white Toyota taxi van. Responding officers found Emereje with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries.

Community tips led investigators to an abandoned taxi in a downtown parking lot a few days later, and evidence recovered from the vehicle helped identify a suspect. Within a week the Atlanta Police Department arrested 48-year-old Elibra Allen, charging him with felony murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

If anyone knew Frederick or has information about the events that night, please come forward.