A Washington state man will serve nearly two decades behind bars for murdering an Uber driver who almost hit him with a car and stopped to apologize.

Alex Waggoner, 23, was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Abdikadir Gedi Shariiff. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Richard Okrent subsequently sentenced him to 19 years and seven months behind bars. Cops said Waggoner had been drinking the night of Jan. 3, 2024, in Edmonds, which is about 14 miles north of Seattle, and was walking to a liquor store to buy more booze when he crossed the street. Shariiff, who was working for Uber at the time, nearly hit Waggoner with his car.

When the driver pulled around to Waggoner and rolled down his window to apologize, the defendant took out a gun and shot the v

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