The man who was beaten to death inside the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station Oct. 7 was a Bensonhurst resident. The victim, Nicola Tanzi, 64, volunteered as an usher at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church ...
Police interviewed the defendant and he confessed to beating the victim, robbing him, and ‘taking his spirit,’ as he put it,” said Senior Assistant District Attorney Sapna Kishnani in court ...
The man beaten to death inside a New York City subway station has been identified as a beloved churchgoing security guard, tragically just a year away from retirement.