Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Ohio cancer survivor shot, killed on bicycle riding to work...

SOUTH TOLEDO -- A 46-year-old family man and cancer survivor on his way to work riding his bicycle was shot and killed just after sunrise Tuesday morning near the Western Avenue and Langdon Street intersection in South Toledo.It was his first day of riding his bicycle to work.The victim, David Babcock, was riding his bicycle trying to save gasoline in these tough economic times when he was shot by an unknown assailant, Toledo Police detectives say.

Babcock, a father of two and grandfather of two from East Toledo, had worked at Fresh Products on South Avenue for over 25 years. Police say The price of gas from his East Toledo house to work was getting to be too much so Babcock put lights, a radio, and a cup holder on his bicycle so he could ride it to and from his job."

If you have any information, you are asked to call Crimestopper at (419) 255-1111.(FOX Toledo's Michelle Zepeda contributed to this report)

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