26-year-old man charged with the murder of Uber driver

Greenville County Sheriff's Office said a 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of an Uber driver in Greenville SC in 2017.   |

   Mike Mecklenburg was driving for Uber in April 2017 when he was shot to death.  |

   The sheriff's office said in a news release that investigators believe the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Joseph Jovanti Johnson III, shot Mecklenburg in the head after Meckenburg dropped off a passenger on Power Street.  |

   Johnson lived on the street. Deputies say Johnson "engaged Mecklenburg in an unprovoked verbal altercation that eventually resulted in Johnson firing a single shot, striking Mecklenburg in the head."  |

  Last month, a news agency's segment on the shooting death led to a tip implicating Johnson's involvement.


Editor Note:

  Johnson started an unprovoked altercation with an uber driver. Johnson shot the uber driver in the head.  | 

  I wish the uber driver,  Michael Mecklenberg of Greenville SC, had shot johnson instead.

  It is obvious he could have defended himself using a weapon if he was threatened.  |

  I hope Johnson gets the death penalty and the electric chair, he deserves it.  |

 Scum like Johnson think they can get away with their crime but their crimes catch up with them eventually.

 Get a CWA permit to carry in SC.  |  If you drive a car you don't need one in SC.   |

 Protect yourself against people like Johnson.