The Police in New York 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.
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Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi, was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on June 13 by one of the two passengers he was carrying.
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The suspect was seen running from the scene of the incident through security camera.
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The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
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The suspect, named as Shamel Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged for manslaughter and possession of weapon.
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He was accused of the stabbing the deceased inside a cab in Brownsville on June 13.
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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. (NAN)