Jeffrey J. Berner, 65, was working as a taxi driver in Chicago when a routine fare on January 5, 2022, ended in a fatal shooting on the Far South Side. Berner picked up a passenger from a motel in Calumet Park and drove toward a CTA Red Line station; the ride ended in the 600 block of West 95th Street in Washington Heights, about six blocks from the requested drop-off.

Surveillance footage shown by prosecutors allegedly captured a struggle inside the cab, two gunshots as Berner tried to get out, and the passenger—later identified as Isaiah Holliday—exiting from the rear wearing distinctive Nike shoes and a black jacket with shiny sleeves, then searching Berner’s pockets before fleeing. Berner was found with two gunshot wounds to the abdomen, taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and died of his injuries; his obituary described his death as sudden and remembered him as having a big heart and many friends.

Does anyone have additional information about Berner’s last hours or the passenger who got into his cab?