A jury in San Francisco convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2021 killing of an Afghan refugee who was working as a driver for Uber and Lyft.
in the 2021 killing of an Afghan refugee who was working as a driver for Uber and LyftDistrict Attorney Brooke Jenkins' office announced Friday that 39-year-old Clifford Stokes was found guilty in the deadly shooting of Ahmad Fawad Yusufi. The jury also found Stokes guilty of robbery, attempted robbery, shooting into an occupied vehicle and being a felon in possession of a firearm
.According to prosecutors, on the morning of November 28, 2021, Yusufi and his passenger were parked near the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street when Stokes pulled up next to them. Stokes then pointed a handgun at Yusufi and his passenger, demanding money. Ahman Fawad Yusufi, a refugee from Afghanistan who was working as an Uber / Lyft driver, was killed in San Francisco on November 28, 2021."My brother tried to move his body to get the wallet and everything for him. Then he shot him.
Yusufi's family told KPIX served alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan for nine years but fled the country as American forces began pulling out.Prosecutors said Stokes faces 50 years to life in prison for Yusufi's murder. A sentencing date has not been announced.
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