Taxi driver fatally shot in New Jersey in attempted robbery according to police

Police found taxi driver Kofi Addo, 57, with a gunshot wound near Rose Street and Sydney Place in Franklin Township Thursday night.

First responders performed life-saving measures on the victim who was transported to an area trauma center where he was later pronounced dead.

Investigators found that Addo was picking up a fare near Rose Street when three men confronted him while he was in the taxi, according to police. That's when Addo was shot and lost control of his taxi sending it crashing into a car parked in a driveway on Sydney Place.Anyone with information relating to the homicide should contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit at 231-7100 or the Franklin Township Police Department at 873-5533 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos.

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