Ex-boxer gets probation for fatal shooting after bus dispute
CLEVELAND – A former professional boxer who once fought heavyweight Mike Tyson has received probation after a fatal shooting that happened when bus passengers in Cleveland challenged him to a fistfight and then followed him off the bus.
Sixty-three-year-old Abdul Rahman was sentenced Wednesday in Cleveland after pleading guilty last month to having a weapon as a convicted felon.
Authorities say Rahman shot 39-year-old bus passenger Andrew Easley in July after a dispute on a Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority bus.
A video obtained by WJW-TV shows the initial dispute and Rahman pulling out a gun and then being forced off the bus. Authorities say some passengers, including Easley, pursued Rahman, and Rahman shot him.
Rahman lost in a technical knockout to Tyson in 1985 while fighting under the name Ricardo Spain.
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