'That's what I do to people that don't listen': Newark gang banger brags about shooting dead rural cab driver for 'taking the long way'

Aazis Richardson, 16, admitted to shooting dead cab driver Vincent Darbenzio because 'he didn't want to listen'

Richardson claims Darbenzio ignored his requests to take shortcuts so he could run up the fare

The teen claims to be a member of a Newark, NJ street gang, according to police



A 16-year-old male gang member from Newark, New Jersey, accused of shooting dead a Pennsylvania cab driver showed little remorse Saturday as he was led into his arraignment.

Aazis Richardson all but admitted to the crime to reporters as he was walked into the Scranton courtroom by a handful of deputies, and even seemed to justify killing 47-year-old Vincent Darbenzio because he refused to take shortcuts.

‘That’s what I do to people that don’t listen,’ the stone-faced teen said to a WNEP reporter as he entered the courtroom in shackles and with his hands cuffed behind his back. He is also suspected in a triple murder in Newark.

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No remorse: Aazis ichardson told reporters he shot the cabbie for not listening before cursing the dead man's family while walking into his arraignment

Police say Richardson had a neighbour call for a cab just after 1.00am Saturday morning.

The young man soon became agitated as Darbenzio refused to go the way he wanted, cops said.

‘Richardson said he got upset because the cab driver was taking the long way and ripping him off,’ a criminal complaint posted online by the Scranton Times-Tribune said.

The victim: 47-year-old Vincent Darbenzio had only been driving a cab since last month

‘What did you say to him when you guys were in the cab together?’ A reporter can be heard asking Richardson.

‘I didn’t say s**t to him, I just told him take this way, he didn’t want to listen, he got his a** shot,’ he said.

Police say Richardson shot Darbenzio twice in the head while he was still in the driver’s seat, took $500 cash and fled the scene.

Richardson then uttered an even more chilling response when asked why he did it.

‘I feel my homies die, everybody got to die.’

Darbenzio was discovered dead just after 5.00am slumped over the steering wheel of his still-running cab. He had only started driving for the cab company last month.

Authorities tracked phone records to find the last person who called Darbenzio. That neighbor pointed detectives to Richardson, and they found him hiding in the attic of his home with a handgun.

Police have been taken aback by the callousness Richardson has displayed in the hours since.

‘All homicides have a certain level of coldness,’ Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano said at a news conference after the arraignment. ‘But this particular defendant exceeds all measurable levels of coldness.’

The supposed member of the Boynton Boys Bloods street gang told police he bought the gun in Newark for $175, and bragged that he’s also suspected of a triple murder in the crime-ridden northern New Jersey city.

Where the ride started: This non-descript house on the east side of Scranton

Where it ended: Police say Richardson shot the cabbie twice in the back of the head and robbed him of $500

He is due back in court May 30, records showed.

But he was not at a loss for words as he walked into his first appearance before a judge.

‘What about your parents, do you have anything to say to your family?’ The teen was asked.

‘I love y’all,’ he said.

Another reporter asked ‘what about the victim’s family?’