Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Police seek 3 who fled after cabbie's killing
BY EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati cab driver John Arcady, 49, died within moments of being shot in his cab in Winton Terrace just after 10 p.m. Monday. The lights were on and the motor running, witnesses said.
Witnesses said three people ran from the cab, and they were being sought Tuesday by Cincinnati police who canvassed the neighborhood, talking to witnesses and searching for clues.
Mr. Arcady, of Silverton, was pronounced dead at the scene of a gunshot to the head. He is Cincinnati's 29th homicide victim this year.
Neighbors said a shot rang out and three people ran from the cab into the Winton Terrace housing complex and climbed a black iron fence to get away.
Police were tight-lipped about the case Tuesday, refusing to say what might have led to the shooting or if money or property was taken. The suspects are described as two black males, in their mid-20s, and a black female in her late teens.
When police arrived minutes later, the engine of the orange and white cab was running. It was parked at a Metro bus stop in the 4800 block of Winneste Avenue.
Denaya Harden was in her apartment when she heard a gunshot. She went outside and said she approached the cab to see if she could help. Ms. Harden, certified to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, said it was too late.
“He took two deep breaths — I guess he was trying to gasp for air,” Ms. Harden said.
“And his head just went back on the seat.”
The 750-unit housing complex where Mr. Arcady was shot is operated by the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority. At night, neighbors sit on their concrete steps and young people hang out and shoot the breeze. Such was the scene Monday night, Ms. Harden said.
A 40-year-old woman who has lived in the housing complex for three years said that some pizza delivery people are afraid to come to the neighborhood even before the shooting. But she has no plans to move. “It can happen anywhere.”
Not all neighbors agree with the woman, who declined to give her name. “These are the type of things that make me want to move,” said William Burton, 30, who has four children.
Silverton neighbors described Mr. Arcady, who worked for Towne Taxi in Roselawn, as a nice person. He lived alone in his apartment for about seven years.
Newton Wright, 56, who lived two doors down from Mr. Arcady's Park Avenue home, said his neighbor was a drummer in a rock band that played at nightclubs.
“I don't think John was the type of person to have any enemies,” said Mr. Wright, who has lived on the street for 25 years.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
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