2 charged with homicide in deadly attack on Pittsburgh cab driver

PITTSBURGH — Two of four men arrested in connection with the fatal attack on a Pittsburgh cab driver had their charges upgraded Tuesday to include homicide, according to online docket sheets.

Police arrested King Edwards and Hosea Moore, both 20-year-olds from Beltzhoover, on Friday. Each now faces homicide charges.

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Christen Glenn, 18, and Daniel Russell, 19, were arrested Sunday in Ohio after a traffic stop. They have yet to be formally charged in connection with Ramadhan Mohamed’s death and continue to await extradition.

Mohamed was found beaten about 5 a.m. on Feb. 21 in the city's Beltzhoover neighborhood.

According to a criminal complaint, the four suspects and another person were at Edwards' home on Curtain Street when they decided to rob a pizza delivery person but realized the pizza shop was closed. Instead, the men called for a Z Trip cab, the complaint stated.Police said Edwards and Moore called the cab with the intent of robbing the driver.

They told Mohamed to pick them up on Climax Street. According to the complaint, they beat him up and left him and the car there. The men later returned, moved Mohamed’s body to a yard and moved his car three blocks away.

Police said when they came home, Russell was “bragging about how bad he beat the victim.” The men later returned to the scene to “make sure the victim was dead,” according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, when they returned to the scene they kicked his face and neck trying to kill him.

Family members said Mohamed leaves behind a 2-year-old son and his wife, who is eight months pregnant.

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