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Robert Riness

Case from Cocoa-beach, FL dated Dec 09, 2021

Victim Details

Robert Riness

Male

White / Caucasian

Cocoa-beach

FL

2021-12-09

49

Robert

Riness

07/18/2026

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Robert Riness, a 49-year-old cab driver from Cocoa Beach, Florida, was tragically killed on December 9, 2021. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. near the intersection of Kensington Drive and Donna Avenue in Cocoa. Riness was in the area to pick up a customer when he was shot in the neck. His taxi, a minivan, subsequently crashed through a fence near a house. Despite the immediate response, Riness died at the scene. The police reported that nothing was stolen from him, indicating that the motiv ...
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  • WESH: 'He was a father, brother and son': Family of cab driver killed in Cocoa speaks out
  • WFTV: Cab driver shot, killed in Cocoa near where delivery driver robbed at gunpoint days earlier
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