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Police: Passenger holds taxi driver at gunpoint in Killeen

Posted at 5:06 AM, Apr 26, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-26 06:06:38-04

Killeen police are on the hunt for a passenger who held up a taxi driver at gunpoint early Wednesday morning.

It happened about 1:45 a.m. at the corner of North 2nd Street and Dean Avenue.

Police said the driver of the taxi was taking the passenger to the 1400 block of North 2nd street when they refused to pay the fare and pointed the gun at the driver's head.

The passenger was still on the run Wednesday morning. Police have not released a description.

Police did not say if the taxi driver was hurt.

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