Lyft driver murdered in broad daylight at Fort Worth apartment complex
FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth police are looking for the person who shot and killed a ride-share driver in the middle of the day.
The 31-year-old father started work Friday morning. He was found dead hours later at a Fort Worth apartment complex. His vehicle was later found abandoned.
The Lyft driver’s family says he never came home Friday. They called Fort Worth police and Lake Worth police and hospitals.
After finally locating the victim’s vehicle at the impound lot, the family then learned the 31-year-old father had been shot and killed.
Monday afternoon, crime scene tape outside an East Fort Worth apartment complex marks the spot where a Lyft driver was murdered in broad daylight Friday.
That driver has been identified as 31-year-old Shawali Sherali, a husband and father of two with a third child on the way.
Sherali’s older brother, Noorali Noor, spoke to FOX 4 using a translator.
"He’s now taking care of the family just because of their safety. He cannot leave them," the translator said.
Sherali’s family tells FOX 4 he left his Fort Worth home at 8 a.m. Friday and never came home.
Just after 11:30 a.m., Fort Worth police were called to the complex near Sandy Lane and Brentwood Stair Road and found Sherali shot to death outside.
Witnesses told police Sherali had been in a vehicle that crashed into a fence, but someone else then jumped in the driver’s seat and drove off. Sherali was left with a fatal gunshot wound in the torso.
Sherali’s family met with a Fort Worth detective on Monday, who told them the person of interest was a ride-share customer who called for a ride shortly before the murder.
"Of course, the car has no price for a human life. They just took his life for his car," Noor said. "Always, he was working hard tried to earn for his family."
Police found Sherali’s vehicle abandoned a short distance from where he was killed.
Police haven’t released a motive, but Noor says his younger brother’s cell phone and wallet were not stolen.
The two brothers and their families moved to North Texas from Afghanistan in late 2021 when the capital city was captured by the Taliban.
"It was really bad. So we were looking for a better life. A better life for ourselves, for our families and our kids," Noor said. "We did not know we would face something like this."
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The family says Sherali did have a dash camera in the vehicle. Police are reviewing it, but the family hasn’t been able to watch it yet.
Police say they are only looking for one person.
No arrests have been made.