Bernard Ngwanguma
May 6, 2007
Fullerton, California

Orange County Register
(Santa Ana, California)
May 16, 2007

Arrest made in Fullerton taxi driver death

Detectives arrest Shawn Kenneth Zuelzke in incident that left 
cabby in coma.

By KIMBERLY EDDS and DENISSE SALAZAR
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

FULLERTON- A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on 
suspicion of beating a cab driver so badly that the man went into 
a coma. The cab driver died of his injuries last week, never 
recovering from the coma.

Fullerton detectives tracked Shawn Kenneth Zuelzke to his 
Santa Ana home and arrested him about 6:30 p.m., Fullerton 
police Lt. Doug Cave said.

The cab driver, Bernard Ngwanguma, 48, of Lakewood, was 
attacked by at least one man about 2:15 a.m. May 6, Cave said. 
He suffered several injuries, including a fractured skull, in the 
attack and was taken to Western Medical Center-Santa Ana, 
where he died Thursday.

The incident occurred after three men, who had called for a cab, 
were verbally accosted by Zuelzke and another man as 
Ngwanguma's cab approached, Fullerton police Sgt. Linda King 
said.

When the three men got into the cab, Zuelzke punched the 
passenger's window, prompting Ngwanguma to get out of his 
cab, King said. Zuelzke reportedly punched him at least once in 
the face, knocking him to the ground, where he struck his head 
on the pavement, King added.

Zuelzke is being held at Fullerton city jail on suspicion of murder 
and will be arraigned tomorrow at North Orange County Superior 
Court.

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