The killer of a taxi driver — remembered as a “hardworking, devoted, loving dad” — has been sentenced to life in prison for the brazen daylight shooting in the Back Bay.

Phillip Foy, 40, was convicted earlier this week by a Suffolk County jury of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 60-year-old Dorchester man Luckinson Oruma back on June 4, 2019.

The Suffolk County judge on Friday imposed the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for Foy.

Oruma, who was working as a taxi driver in Boston on the day of his murder, had parked his cab in front of the Colonnade Hotel on Huntington Avenue.

Foy entered the cab and asked for a ride to Mansfield. Oruma declined the fare.

According to witnesses, Foy got out of the cab, opened the driver’s side door, and assaulted Oruma.

Foy then pulled out a gun and shot Oruma, who fell to the ground. Foy stood over Oruma and fired directly at him.

Foy then got into the cab, drove down Huntington Avenue, turned onto Ring Road, and parked. He emptied and discarded the gun and magazine, removed his shoes, and sat in front of a nearby Starbucks.

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When police arrived, Foy grabbed a pedestrian and attempted to shield himself. Police diffused the situation and arrested him. Foy confessed to shooting Oruma, but claimed it was in self-defense.

Several of Oruma’s family members were in court at the sentencing hearing on Friday.

His son delivered an impact statement, describing his father as a “hardworking, devoted, loving dad,” and that “he was doing what he always did, working hard to provide” — sharing that his father put five kids through college, all while driving a cab.

“The shooting death of Luckinson Oruma was shattering not just for his family and friends, but for anyone who goes to work each day expecting, as they should, to be in a safe environment,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said after the verdict. “This defendant turned Mr. Oruma’s environment into something tragically different, and I’m very grateful that the jury held him accountable for his devastating actions.”