Orji-Ama Uro, 54, Nigeria Cab Driver stabbed to Death in New York

A New York City livery cab driver has been savagely killed after a passenger stabbed him through the eye with an umbrella, piercing his brain, during a dispute.

Police say the mortally wounded man, identified as 54-year-old Orji-Ama Uro, of Rosedale, Queens, continued driving for about a block before crashing into two parked cars in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn Thursday.

Uro was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

According to the victim's family, Uro was a father of five who emigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria 10 years ago in pursuit of the American dream, which for him was opening his own shore store.

Chinedoum Agwu, Uro's sister-in-law, told DNAInfo.com that the 54-year-old cab driver leaves behind two sons and three daughters between the ages of 16 and 23.

She described her slain brother-in-law as a very hardworking and responsible man who regularly attended services at a Jehovah's Witness church.

Agwu, who was supposed to host a Father's Day dinner for Uro and other relatives this Sunday, now has nothing left to do but weep for her brother-in-law and wonder why would anyone hurt him.

Police are currently searching for the suspects, who remain at large. The livery cab had no partition or camera inside.

The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the suspects’ arrest. The group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care is offering another $2,000.

The gruesome incident took place at around 5.30pm Thursday near the intersection of Lott Avenue and Thomas S. Boyland Street in Brooklyn.



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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.

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.

The suspect was seen running from the scene of the incident through security camera.

The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The suspect, named as Shamel Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged for manslaughter and possession of weapon.

 He was accused of the stabbing the deceased 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.

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