Arrest made in fatal shooting of Black Lives Matter activist
Muhiyidin D’Baha speaks during a meeting with North Charleston city council about the killing of Walter Scott by a North Charleston police officer Saturday, after a traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C., Thursday, April 9, 2015.
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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist known for his leap through police tape to try to seize a Confederate battle flag during a demonstration last year in South Carolina.
Police say a Crimestoppers tip helped them identify 26-year-old Roosevelt Iglus as a suspect in the death of 32-year-old Muhiyidin Elamin Moye, better known as Muhiyidin d’Baha.
Muhiyidin d’Baha, whose legal name is Muhiyidin Elamin Moye, goes airborne over a police barrier to try to seize a large Confederate battle flag from a protester in Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 22, 2017.
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A news release Wednesday said Iglus was arrested Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder. Spokesman Aaron Looney said in an email that police don’t know a possible motive.
Moye was shot in the thigh early Feb. 6. A police officer answering a call about gunfire found Moye on the ground and asking for help near the Treme neighborhood.
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