""He then proceeded to stomp on the victim not once, not twice, but over and over and over again, even while the victim's body was totally limp," Assistant District Attorney Shena Aishnani said last week at the suspect's arraignment. "The victim was completely unconscious and yet the defendant continued to stomp on his body.""
""Police interviewed the defendant and he confessed to beating the victim, robbing him and taking his spirit, as he put it.""
""Nicky had such a kind heart and was always a glass-is-half-full kind of person and he always had concerns for others," said John Heyer, the deacon of Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church in Carroll Gardens."
Nicola Tanzi, a 64-year-old Italian immigrant and devout Catholic, was attacked inside the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station after holding an emergency door open for David Mazariegos. Mazariegos allegedly sucker-punched Tanzi twice, knocked him to the floor, and repeatedly stomped and kicked his head and face while Tanzi lay unconscious. Tanzi suffered skull fractures, a crushed nasal bone, and multiple facial injuries and died hours later. Mazariegos, who has five open criminal cases, told police he beat and robbed Tanzi and said he "took his spirit." He is charged with first-degree murder.
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