Police are investigating the shooting death of a livery cab driver on Friday night in Newark.
Rodrigo Berru, 45, was shot at 9:45 p.m. on Frelinghuysen Avenue, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. A passer-by called police, who arrived at the scene to find the cabbie unresponsive.
Berru, who worked for Classic Taxi, was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m. His death is the 59th homicide in Newark this year, according to police.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and that no one has been arrested.
