A late-night fight over a parking stall at a north Wichita truck stop has ended with an Oklahoma driver convicted of killing another trucker.
A Sedgwick County jury on Wednesday found 46-year-old Travis Briscoe guilty of vehicular homicide in the death of 57-year-old Abdelmuttalib Mohammed, who was struck and killed at a Love's Travel Stop in north Wichita during a dispute over a parking stall. Prosecutors told jurors that surveillance and dash-cam recordings played at trial showed Briscoe backing his semitrailer over Mohammed after the confrontation. Briscoe remains jailed pending a sentencing hearing later this month.
Verdict And The Scene
The Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office confirmed the guilty verdict on Wednesday, according to JC Post. Investigators said officers found Mohammed underneath Briscoe's semitrailer and pronounced him dead at the Love's Travel Stop near East 21st Street North and I‑135, The Wichita Eagle reported. Court records show Briscoe was initially charged with unintentional-but-reckless second-degree murder and was being held on a $150,000 bond, according to KWCH.
Footage And Affidavit
At trial, prosecutors played both witness-cab and in-cab recordings from the night of the incident. An affidavit described for jurors says a witness video shows Mohammed trying to back into the parking stall while Briscoe pulls in and blocks the space, and Briscoe's own cab camera captured him stopping, telling Mohammed to "lay down," then continuing to back up, according to KFOR. Jurors watched that footage and heard testimony about the confrontation, which prosecutors argued undercut Briscoe's version of what happened, as reported by KNSS.
Charges And Legal Stakes
Briscoe had originally faced an unintentional-but-reckless second-degree murder charge but was ultimately convicted on the lesser vehicular-homicide count instead, according to KWCH. Kansas defines vehicular homicide at K.S.A. 21-5406, and the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office notes that the statute carries a maximum penalty of up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine, with the actual sentence determined under state guidelines and the judge's discretion, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office.
What's Next
Briscoe is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9 in Judge Sean Hatfield's courtroom, local coverage says. The trial, which began last week, drew attention in part because jurors were asked to closely review truck-cab recordings that prosecutors said captured the moments leading up to the fatal encounter, according to KNSS.
