Livery cab driver shot in the face in Brooklyn

A 50-year-old TLC driver was shot in the face by a bystander following a fender-bender in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The incident occurred just after 4 a.m. near Auburn Place and North Portland Avenue, shortly after the livery cabbie picked up a fare from NYCHA’s Whitman Houses. Police reports indicate the collision involved a white Sprinter van, leading to the subsequent shooting of the driver by an individual at the scene.