Inset: Kristopher Samaroo (Bri Thomas/Facebook). Background: The NYC apartment where Samaroo was allegedly beaten to death by his landlord and landlord’s brother (LLN NYC).
A 43-year-old landlord in New York and his 39-year-old half-brother have been arrested and charged with killing one of the former’s tenants, allegedly beating the man to death with a baseball bat during a dispute about the tenant’s lack of hot water.
The landlord, Omar Lamoni, and his half-brother, Edwin Nina, were taken into custody over the weekend and charged with one count each of second-degree assault in the brutal death of 30-year-old Kristopher Samaroo. Lamoni was also charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child while Nina is facing an additional count of criminal possession of a weapon.
Officers with the NYPD at about 6:10 p.m. on Saturday responded to a 911 call about an assault in progress in the 1000 block of Throgs Neck Expressway, News 12 reported. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders said they found an adult male — later identified as Samaroo — suffering from severe bodily trauma. Emergency medical personnel transported the victim to nearby Jacobi Medical Center for treatment. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the facility.
