Raleigh Police make arrest in cabbie's 2016 murder

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Raleigh Police Department homicide detectives have arrested a suspect in the November murder of a cab driver.

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Tyron Diontae Cooper, 30, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and other charges in the Nov. 8, 2016, murder of Nwabu Cyril Efobi.

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The incident happened in 400 block of Hill Street.

Officers found Efobi, 56, with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cooper was arrested on La Salle Street in Raleigh.