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Uber passenger who shot driver dead in North Richland Hills is ‘useless,’ widow says

They were strangers. An Uber driver and his passenger. Tahirou Diallo , 60, was trying to make an honest living. Kane Roden, then 30, was highly intoxicated. On May 7, 2025, while on felony probation and on bond for a violent crime, Roden shot Diallo dead on a street in North Richland Hills.

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Scoop News DeskNorth Richland Hills · Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM UTCUpdated Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM UTC

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Had Roden been found guilty of murder at trial, a jury or judge would have considered a prison term of five to 99 years, or life. “What hurts the most is knowing this isn’t supposed to be our story,” Aissatou Diallo wrote of her husband in a statement read aloud in the courtroom by a cousin of Tahirou Diallo.

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