An Uber driver has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting a well-known pastor in a tantrum.
Deshawn Longmire, 23, reportedly shot Rev. Dr. Ronald K Mouton down after the two got into an argument on the highway.
3
3
Witnesses say they saw Longmire and Mouton arguing at a traffic light on the Gulf Freeway, in Texas.
Neither driver left their vehicle during the argument and both started driving away after their argument.
But witnesses told police that when the two started driving again, the Uber driver “put his arm out the driver’s window with a gun in his hand” and fired at Moulton.
Longmire rushed away from the incident and was later stopped after passing a stop sign, police said.
According to court records, Longmire told detectives he was not around at the time of the shooting.
But investigators found Uber records showing that he was, in fact, in the area at the time of Mouton’s shooting.
The reverend, who served as senior pastor at East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church for more than 30 years, was pronounced dead on the spot just minutes from his church.
Mouton leaves behind a wife, four children and 10 grandchildren.
3