Two males and a teenage woman turned themselves into police and had been charged Thursday in reference to the brutal beating loss of life of Queens taxi driver Kutin Gyimah as new video emerged of the lethal assault, police mentioned.
Austin Amos and Nickolas Porter, each 20, surrendered to cops on the a hundred and first Precinct in Queens late Wednesday for allegedly skipping out on a taxi fare and fatally beating Gyimah after he chased after them for the cash early Saturday.
Porter was charged with gang assault and theft of service whereas Amos was hit with theft of service, assault, gang assault and manslaughter raps for allegedly delivering the ultimate blow that killed Gyimah, a 52-year-old father of 4.
Later Thursday, a 15-year-old woman sought in connection to the lethal assault additionally turned herself in. She was charged with gang assault and theft of companies. Two different suspects, believed additionally to be teenage ladies, are nonetheless wished in reference to the incident, police mentioned.
“My husband was a very good man. He was all the pieces we had… he was the one one I appeared as much as and now his life has simply been reduce brief similar to that,” Gyimah’s spouse, Abigail Barwuah mentioned at a press convention at her dwelling Thursday.
Barwuah added that she was “comfortable” that two of the 5 suspects accused of beating her husband to loss of life have been arrested – and he or she had a message for the three that had been nonetheless on the unfastened.
“I’m telling them to show themselves in as a result of they’re gonna be caught,” she mentioned. “Wherever they're even when they don't seem to be caught by man, God goes to convey them in.”
The mom-of-four was joined by her and Gyimah’s younger kids and taxi union head Fernando Mateo, who has been carefully following the case.
“It’s very obscure why 5 younger folks attacked a senior to take his cash and to not pay his fare and kill him,” Mateo advised reporters. “All of us noticed the brutal video the brutal assault on Kutin, and it’s one thing that’s left an impression on all of us.”
Amos and Porter had been amongst 5 taxi passengers who allegedly attacked Gyimah after robbing him round 6:30 a.m. Saturday within the Rockaways.
Following a journey, Gyimah stopped to let the passengers out close to Seashore 54th Avenue and Arverne Boulevard however as an alternative of paying their fare, they took off.
Gyimah chased the group down the road and when he caught up with them, they proceeded to kick and punch him, startling footage reveals.
The clip reveals the younger women and men pummeling Gyimah, who falls to the bottom. As 4 of the 5 folks start to stroll away, one of many suspects, believed to be Amos, walks towards Gyimah and delivers a closing, devastating blow.
Gyimah is proven making an attempt to place his palms as much as protect himself from the attacker however is as an alternative knocked to the sidewalk, the place he hits his head and stops transferring.
He was taken to St. John’s Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
Mateo mentioned on Thursday that Gyimah’s household feels sorry for the 5 suspects.
“They’re 5 children beneath 20 years previous and they're going to pay the remainder of their life for having participated within the homicide of Kutin Gyimah,” the union rep mentioned. “Their lives and their households’ lives have additionally modified. So this household is so noble that fairly than hate, they’re praying for these children as nicely.”
Mateo referred to as on Queens DA Melinda Katz to “do her job” and prosecute all of the suspects within the killing as adults “as a result of they're grownup and so they didn’t assume twice once they had Kutin on the ground, beating him kicking him and finally killing him,” he mentioned.
“So though they’re children, they should pay for the crime they dedicated,” Mateo added.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers has provided a $15,000 reward for data resulting in an arrest.
Gyimah leaves behind his spouse, Abigail, and their kids, ages 3, 5, 7 and eight.
On the information convention, Abigail, who was hysterically crying, described her husband as her “spine” who beloved his job and lived his life as a law-abiding citizen and a person of religion.
“He needs justice to be served,” she mentioned.
Further reporting by Gabrielle Fonrouge
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