WA man convicted of killing rideshare driver to be sentenced

The Brief

  • An Edmonds man, Alex M. Waggoner, 23, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for the murder of rideshare driver Abdulkadir Shariif Gedi.
  • Waggoner was convicted after a dashcam video showed him firing 11 shots into Gedi’s car on Jan. 3, 2024, following a near-collision.
  • Waggoner’s defense claimed self-defense, but he later confessed to police that he “grossly overreacted.”

An Edmonds man is expected to be sentenced Wednesday in the deadly shooting of a rideshare driver last year.

Alex M. Waggoner, 23, was convicted of murder in July for the death of 31-year-old Abdulkadir Shariif Gedi.

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