Police make arrest in murder of livery cab driver in Brooklyn

EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police say they've made an arrest in the murder of a livery cab driver in Brooklyn.

The identity of the suspect has not yet been released.

The body of 29-year-old Noman Saleemi was found just after 3 a.m. on July 26 lying on a sidewalk near the intersection of Williams Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in East New York.

Authorities found Saleemi with a gunshot wound to the back of his head and determined that his car had been stolen.

The Pakistani immigrant was engaged and about to start a new job at a pharmaceutical company.

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