Chelsea man found guilty in murder of livery driver, passenger
A Chelsea man was found guilty of murder Monday in connection with the 2013 shooting deaths of a livery driver and his passenger, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office said in a statement.Maurice Morrison, 31, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm for the homicides of Zouaoui Dani-Elkebir, 52, and Karima El-Hakim, 38.The DA’s office said Morrison had a previous personal conflict with El-Hakim, who was Dani-Elkebir’s girlfriend and a regular passenger in his car.In the early morning hours of May 13, 2013, Morrison started talking with Dani-Elkebir by text message in order to get him to pick him up while El-Hakim was in the car, according to the statement.Morrison then shot Dani-Elkebir and El-Hakim in the head in the area of Parker Street and Crescent Avenue in Chelsea before fleeing from the car, which rolled to a stop, the DA’s office said.Morrison was arrested two weeks later thanks to video surveillance, text messages, witness statements, and other evidence recovered during the investigation, according to authorities. He has been held without bail since.The DA’s office said Morrison is expected back in court on November 23 for sentencing, where he faces a mandatory life term.
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