A Miami man was convicted of murdering an Uber driver during an armed carjacking back in 2017, prosecutors announced Friday.
A jury in Miami found Jorge Aponte Figueroa guilty of one count of carjacking resulting in death and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida said in a news release.
Figueroa, along with two co-conspirators, carjacked at gunpoint an Uber driver who was sleeping inside of his minivan back in May 2017, prosecutors said.
Figueroa and his co-conspirators drove the victim throughout Miami-Dade County before stealing his wallet and then shooting him in the head several times, prosecutors said.
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Figueroa will face sentencing in June. He still faces more charges for his alleged participation in a serial Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy.
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