Crime & Safety
Long Beach Man Gets 20 Years To Life For Killing Uber Driver: DA
Shaun Teemer is also sentenced for plowing his vehicle into a 73-year-old woman, the Nassau County DA announced.
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LONG BEACH, NY — A Long Beach man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the shooting death of an Uber driver last year, prosecutors said.
Shaun Teemer, 24, pleaded guilty in June to charges that included second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
In March 2022, Teemer fatally shot 37-year-old Humberto Manuel Francis-Hernandez.
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"Humberto Manual Francis-Hernandez went to work as a cab driver and never came home because of the senseless actions of this defendant," Nassau County DA Anne Donnelly said. “Shaun Teemer shot Francis-Hernandez point blank in the head and arm, and sadly the 37-year-old man succumbed to his injuries in the hospital."
Teemer was also sentenced for plowing his Jeep into a 73-year-old woman, leaving the victim with broken leg, as he fled, six months before shooting the Uber driver.
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"Teemer is a violent criminal, and we are all safer today knowing that he will spend the next 20 years to life behind bars," Donnelly added.
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