SEDGWICK COUNTY—An Oklahoma truck driver accused of intentionally backing over and killing a Georgia man in the parking lot of a Wichita truck stop made his first court appearance on Monday.
Travis Briscoe, 46, is charged with 2nd degree murder for the death of 57-year-old Abdelmuttalib Mohammed, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
On Wednesday afternoon, police responded to the Love's Travel Stop in the 1500 block of East 21st Street North for an injury crash, according to Officer Kris Gupilan. They found 57-year-old Abdelmuttalib Mohammed of Georgia, under a truck. Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at 5:32 p.m.
Investigators with the Wichita Police Department determined Mohammed had been in a verbal altercation with Briscoe. The two men do not know each other, according to Gupilan. During the altercation, Briscoe began backing into a parking stall with his semitractor-trailer striking Mr. Mohammed.
Brisco remains jailed on a $250,000 bond and is due back in court September 2, according to the district attorney's office.