UPDATE: Sheriff Releases Name And Details In Friday Murder

LEE COUNTY (WCBI) – A Tupelo Cab driver is dead following a Friday night shooting on Graham Drive just outside the Tupelo city limits.  Sheriff Jim Johnson says the driver was killed by a passenger he picked up minutes before the 10 PM murder   Coroner Carolyn Green says the victim is 55 year old Charlie Williams of Tupelo .  Two motorcyclists found Williams body n the road between Mitchell Street and the new Highway 6 interchange.  Johnson says the suspect killed Williams then stole his cab.  Investigators located the cab at Theron Nichols park on Mitchell Street.  That park is located about two miles from the crime scene. Johnson adds his department has talked to the person who made the original call to the cab company and that person is not considered a suspect. Johnson says they are following leads they believe could lead them to the killer.  That name is not being released at this time.  Stay with WCBI for the latest on the case