The Police in New York began manhunt of two suspects connected with the gruesome stabbing to death of a Nigerian in Brownsville area of Brooklyn on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported.
According to a local media, the deceased, Uro Ama Orji, 54, and a cab driver in the area, was said to have been stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on Thursday.
After he had been wounded, his vehicle crashed into two parked sport-utility vehicles at Lott Avenue and Boyland Street at about 5:30 p.m.
Orji, who resides in Queens, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Following the development, a $5,000 reward was offered for information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers offered a $3,000 reward, while the group of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care offered another $2,000.
Police said they were looking for a man and woman who were passengers in the cab and seen running from the scene.
A video showed the man getting out of the cab, opening the front door of the vehicle and stabbing Orji with an umbrella.
According to a local media, the deceased, Uro Ama Orji, 54, and a cab driver in the area, was said to have been stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on Thursday.
After he had been wounded, his vehicle crashed into two parked sport-utility vehicles at Lott Avenue and Boyland Street at about 5:30 p.m.
Orji, who resides in Queens, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Following the development, a $5,000 reward was offered for information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers offered a $3,000 reward, while the group of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care offered another $2,000.
Police said they were looking for a man and woman who were passengers in the cab and seen running from the scene.
A video showed the man getting out of the cab, opening the front door of the vehicle and stabbing Orji with an umbrella.
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