The police in New York, the United States (US), on Tuesday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Nigerian cab driver in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn in downtown New York, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi State, was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on June 13 by one of the two passengers he was carrying.
The suspect was seen, through security camera, running from the scene of the incident.
The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The suspect, identified as Shamel Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged with manslaughter and possession of weapon.
He was accused of the stabbing Orji inside a cab in Brownsville on June 13.
Orji’s sister-in-law, Mrs Chinedum Agwu, described the deceased as “a hard-working Nigerian” who had been driving cab since he moved to Brooklyn 10 years ago.