Police Released Surveillance Video of Suspects Accused of Beating to Death a Bronx Cab Driver And Father of Four

UPDATE: Cops arrest two suspects, seek three others in death of cabbie killed during attempted robbery in Edgemere

Police on Thursday, Aug. 18, announced the arrest of two of the five suspects wanted in connection with the death of a 52-year-old cabbie who died after he was attacked by a group of passengers who tried to rob him in Edgemere on Aug. 13.

On Thursday afternoon, authorities cuffed 20-year-old Austin Amos, of Beach 56th place, for his alleged role in the attack. He faces charges of manslaughter, gang assault, assault and theft of services, police said. The NYPD also arrested a second suspect, 20-year-old Nickolas Porter, of Hassock Street, in connection with the fatal assault. He faces charges of gang assault and theft of services.

Kutin Gyimah, a Bronx resident, had joined the taxi cab business in 2009 after immigrating from Ghana, and fellow drivers remembered him fondly.

“He was always working and making us laugh in the break room. I will miss him,” said one yellow taxi driver, who didn’t give a name.

The mourners gathered outside his employer Big Apple Taxi on Queens Boulevard Sunday morning to call for people’s help finding Gyimah’s attackers.

The company, in a press release, offered a $5,000 reward for finding those responsible.