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Quote: .Use the Backspace key to return to this name on the Memoriam list Abbas Eltaib Elshikh August 18, 2006 Greensboro, North Carolina Source materials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News-Record (Greensboro, North Carolina) March 10, 2007 16-year-old charged in taxi killing By Jonathan D. Jones Staff Writer GREENSBORO - Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Friday in connection with the killing of a taxi driver last year. A second suspect was still at large. Officers found Quinn Devon Walker, 16, in a room at the Cavalier Inn on West J.J. Drive Friday. He was arrested shortly after noon and was charged with first-degree murder in the August death of Abbas Eltaib Elshikh, said Capt. Gary Hastings of the Greensboro Police. Walker also is facing a robbery charge. A second suspect, Safye Rahmad Townsend, 18, had not been arrested as of Friday night. Police also have taken out a first- degree murder warrant against Townsend. He is thought to be in the Greensboro area, Hastings said. Elshikh, 36, was killed Aug. 18 while driving a fare for United Yellow Cab. His death initially was classified as an accident. He was found in the driver's seat after his cab hit a van, a motorcycle and two Marsh Street houses late on a Friday night. He was taken to Moses Cone Hospital and was pronounced dead. But a preliminary autopsy in Chapel Hill showed that Elshikh had been shot. Police do not think the two suspects knew Elshikh, Hastings said Friday. Hastings wouldn't reveal many details of the case because a second suspect is still at large. "Basically, it's been an ongoing investigation since August," Hastings said. "We developed some leads in recent weeks that led to the suspects being involved." Elshikh was a Sudanese immigrant. He had worked for the cab company for at least five years before his death. Two nights after Elshikh's death, another driver for the same company was attacked. He escaped unharmed. Walker is being held without bond in the Guilford County jail. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ News-Record (Greensboro, North Carolina) June 26, 2007 Teen could face death penalty in killing of cab driver By Jonathan D. Jones Staff Writer GREENSBORO - A 19-year-old Greensboro man can face the death penalty when he is tried in the killing of a cabbie, a judge ruled Tuesday. Safye Rahmon Townsend, of 1408 Randolph St., is charged with first-degree murder in the August 2006 killing of Abbas Eltaib Elshikh. Elshikh, 36, was working his regular shift as a driver for United Yellow Taxi on Aug. 18 when he was shot in the head and robbed on Marsh Street. Police originally reported his death as a fatal traffic accident. "It was initially thought that he had some sort of heart attack or stroke and lost control of his vehicle," Assistant District Attorney Kelly Thompson said in court Tuesday. "He had what looked like a scratch on his head." A subsequent autopsy showed that the scratch was really a bullet wound from a small-caliber gun, Thompson said. Townsend's co-defendant, Quinn Devon Walker, is not facing the death penalty because of his age, Thompson said. The 17-year- old also is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Thompson asked the court to allow the death penalty as an option because the killing occurred during the commission of another felony - the robbery of Elshikh - and that is one of the factors that can qualify a case for capital punishment. Special Superior Court Judge Karl Adkins granted the request. Townsend's attorney, J. Scott Coalter, did not object. During the brief hearing Tuesday, Thompson gave a short overview of the state's case against Townsend. She said there were few leads initially, but Crime Stoppers tips led police to Walker and Townsend. A witness told police the pair had discussed robbing a cab driver in order to get some quick cash the night Elshikh died, Thompson said. That witness later heard the two talking about what happened. She also said that a shell-casing at the crime scene matched several found at a location where Townsend and Walker had been in the past. Townsend and Walker were arrested in March. Both are being held in the Guilford County Jail. Elshikh was a Sudanese immigrant who had been driving cabs in Greensboro for five years prior to his death. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ News-Record (Greensboro, North Carolina) August 7, 2007 Gang member arrested in '06 slaying of cab driver From Staff Reports GREENSBORO - A third suspect faces charges he killed a Greensboro taxi driver Aug. 19, 2006, police said today. Jeffery Bernard Cobb, 21, of 1200 Orchard St., was charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to Greensboro police. Cobb, a known gang member, was arrested in the Guilford County jail, where he was in custody for other unrelated charges, police said. Others already been charged in the case are Quinn Devon Walker, 16, and Safye Rahmad Townsend, 18. According to police, Abbas Eltaib Elshikh, 36, was working his regular shift as a driver for United Yellow Taxi on Aug. 18, 2006, when he was shot in the head and robbed on Marsh Street. Police ask people with information to call 373-2255 or Crimestoppers at 373-1000.