Killer of Boston taxi driver – who was a ‘devoted, loving dad’ – sentenced to life in prison
The killer of a taxi driver remembered as a hardworking devoted loving dad has been sentenced to life in prison for the brazen daylight shooting in the Back Bay Phillip Foy was convicted earlier this week by a Suffolk County jury of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of -year-old Dorchester man Luckinson Oruma back on June The Suffolk County judge on Friday imposed the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for Foy Oruma who was working as a taxi driver in Boston on the day of his murder had parked his cab in front of the Colonnade Hotel on Huntington Avenue Foy entered the cab and solicited for a ride to Mansfield Oruma declined the fare According to eyewitnesses Foy got out of the cab opened the driver s side door and assaulted Oruma Foy then pulled out a gun and shot Oruma who fell to the ground Foy stood over Oruma and fired directly at him Foy then got into the cab drove down Huntington Avenue turned onto Ring Road and parked He emptied and discarded the gun and magazine removed his shoes and sat in front of a nearby Starbucks Related Articles Investigators seek constituents s help in -year-old cold incident mystery MS- gang leader in Massachusetts Little Crazy admits to committing unsolved murder Karen Read murder retrial Complete trial coverage Massachusetts DA slams state parole board for releasing convicted murderer Karen Read retrial Day Massachusetts State Police professionalism in the crosshairs When police arrived Foy grabbed a pedestrian and attempted to shield himself Police diffused the situation and arrested him Foy confessed to shooting Oruma but claimed it was in self-defense Several of Oruma s family members were in court at the sentencing hearing on Friday His son delivered an impact comment describing his father as a hardworking devoted loving dad and that he was doing what he inevitably did working hard to provide sharing that his father put five kids through college all while driving a cab The shooting death of Luckinson Oruma was shattering not just for his family and friends but for anyone who goes to work each day expecting as they should to be in a safe climate Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden reported after the verdict This defendant turned Mr Oruma s conditions into something tragically different and I m very grateful that the jury held him accountable for his devastating actions
