Police arrest Adam Pfeifer in murder of Norcross cab driver Afolabi Odifa

Aug 25, 2014 - 20:32
Aug 29, 2014 - 11:07
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Police arrest Adam Pfeifer in murder of Norcross cab driver Afolabi Odifa
Adam Matthew Pfeifer and victim Afolabi Odifa

UPDATE: Cameron Hollis, 17, of the 1300 block of Lia Hills Drive in Norcross, has been arrested and charged with the murder of taxi cab driver Afolabi Andrew Odifa, on August 16. Hollis has also been charged with armed robbery and participation in criminal gang activity related to the murder.

Adam Matthew Pfeifer, 23, was also arrested and charged with the murder on Aug. 25.

Hollis and Pfeifer are being held in the Gwinnett County Jail, according to authorities.

ORIGINAL STORY: Norcross police say they have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a taxi cab driver in the parking lot of the Spring Lake apartments in Norcross.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson say they have charged Adam Matthew Pfeifer, 23, of Norcross, in connection to the August 16th murder of 36-year-old Afolabi Odifa. Odifa was found slumped over the steering wheel of his cab on Chase Common Drive just before midnight.

Adam Matthew Pfeifer (Courtesy: Gwinnett County Jail)

Afolabi Odifa
Jail records indicate that Pfeifer was arrested two days later by the Norcross Police Department on credit card fraud charges. He also was booked on charges for armed robbery, possession of a firearm during a felony and criminal gang activity.

Pfeifer was still in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond when the new charges were filed.

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