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Reno cab driver, found shot, dies

RENO — Reno police are investigating after a cab driver was found shot over the weekend and died.

Authorities say they were called at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday and told of a shooting near a taxi cab at the 900 block of Wheeler Avenue.

Police say they found the Whittlesea cab and the driver, who was alone and suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center, where he later died.

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