Suspect Wanted In Fatal Fight With Hollywood Taxi Driver Behind Bars

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) —  Authorities said the man wanted for causing a Hollywood taxi driver's death during a fight early Sunday is behind bars.

The LAPD said Najib Halibi, 34, a resident of Los Angeles County, was arrested about 3:15 p.m Wednesday.

Halibi was taken into custody in the area of Avalon Boulevard and the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to Lt. Chris Ramirez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

He was booked on suspicion of murder and was being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to Ramirez and sheriff's online inmate records.

Authorities did not say what led them to Halibi as the suspect.

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Police were dispatched at 3:06 a.m. Sunday to the gas station in the area of Franklin Avenue and North Beachwood Drive in response to an assault with a deadly weapon call, said Officer Scott Danielson of the LAPD's Hollywood Station.

The cab driver, identified as Afsawosen Alemseged, stopped at a gas station, where both he and his passenger got out of the vehicle, police said.

The taxi driver, who was also a musician, got into a fight with the passenger and was pushed to the ground, where he hit his head on the pavement, according to Danielson.

Police said the suspect rifled through Alemseged's pockets after he hit the pavement.

Paramedics rushed the victim to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, the officer said.

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