An elderly man lost his life Thursday when a deranged man with a history of offenses allegedly shoved him down a flight of stairs in Manhattan, New York City.
The New York Postidentified the deceased as 76-year-old Ross Falzone, a retired teacher. Falzone was about to descend the stairs into a subway station around 3:30 p.m. that day when another man was captured on CCTV coming up behind him, violently pushing him.
Falzone was later pronounced dead afterWABCsaid he suffered a fractured spine, a fractured rib, and a traumatic brain injury.
The suspect is 32-year-old Rhamell Burke, a one-time Broadway dancer. He is being held at Rikers Island without bail.
Footage of the attack was later posted to social media platform X showing how senseless and unprovoked the moment was that led to Falzone’s death.
The story becomes worse when learning that Falzone wasn’t the only person terrorized by Burke, who should have already been behind bars.
In a separatereportfrom the New York Post, on April 2, a woman and her friend had an altercation with Burke when he approached her, allegedly grabbing her by the hair and kicking her friend in the back.
“He comes up and he kicks my friend in the back, and basically pushes him through the transition of the cars,” she said.
“My friend freaks out, runs away, and then he grabs me by the head and pushes my head down, trying to like maybe throw me on the ground or something. But I didn’t, I resisted as much as I could. I didn’t fall, and then I immediately opened up the car and then ran towards my friend.”
After leaving the subway, she noticed Burke in pursuit, but police were thankfully nearby. “We started running a little bit, but then thank God the cops were right there because, I mean, we kept thinking about, imagine that there were no cops, we would have had to literally run for our lives. They immediately arrested him. It was shut down really fast by the cops and we respected that.”
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