Takiem Ewing, a/k/a “Mulla,” pled guilty to firearms offenses in connection with the fatal carjackings of two livery cab drivers: Maodo Kane, who was killed in the Bronx on August 5, 2014, and Aboubacar Bah, who was killed in the Bronx on August 12, 2014. Ewing faces a mandatory minimum term of 35 years in prison and a maximum term of life in prison.
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said: “On August 5, 2014, Maodo Kane, a livery cab driver, just trying to earn an honest living, was shot and killed during a carjacking in the Bronx. A week later, Aboubacar Bah, another innocent livery cab driver in the Bronx, was killed in another carjacking. Today, Takiem Ewing has admitted and pled guilty to his participation in these two senseless killings. I want to thank our partners at the FBI, the NYPD, and the City of Yonkers Police Department for their work in bringing Ewing to justice. And we hope that this conviction gives the victims’ friends and families a measure of justice.”
According to the Indictment and other documents filed in the case, as well as statements made during the plea proceedings:
On August 5, 2014, Ewing participated with others in the armed carjacking of Maodo Kane. During the course of the carjacking, one of the perpetrators discharged a gun and Kane was killed in the vicinity of Hunter Avenue, in the Bronx. Subsequently, on August 12, 2014, Ewing participated in the carjacking of Aboubacar Bah. Again, one of the perpetrators discharged a gun in the course of the carjacking, and Mr. Bah was killed in the vicinity of Bryant Avenue, in the Bronx.
Tyrone Felder, Kareem Martin, and Tommy Smalls have also been charged in connection with the carjackings and resulting deaths of Kane and Bah. Their trial is scheduled to begin before Judge Briccetti on February 19, 2018.
