"David Mazariegos, 25, is facing murder, robbery and grand larceny charges for allegedly killing 64-year-old Bensonhurst resident Nicola Tanzi at the Jay Street-MetroTech stop in Downtown Brooklyn and stealing several of his credit cards, according to NYPD officials. Police said they're still investigating what led to the attack, which happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said Tanzi was so badly injured that he was initially hard to identify."
""It couldn't have happened to a more gentle, kind individual," said John Leo Heyer, a deacon who knew Tanzi from Brooklyn's Catholic community. "Just a simple soul who went to work, did what he needed to do, came to community events, liked to be around other people, always smiled, always went out of his way, liked to tell jokes. And for such brutality, for him to be a victim of that is just the opposite of who he was as a person.""
"Heyer said Tanzi was an usher at St. Dominic's Church near his home, and was also active at the Church of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus and St. Stephen in Carroll Gardens, near where he grew up. His parents hailed from the town of Mola di Bari in Italy, Heyer said, and Tanzi was dedicated to keeping their traditions alive after they both passed away."
David Mazariegos, 25, was charged with murder, robbery and grand larceny for allegedly killing 64-year-old Nicola Tanzi at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway stop in Downtown Brooklyn. The attack occurred around 3 p.m.; Tanzi was so badly injured that he was initially hard to identify and later died at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Authorities say several of Tanzi's credit cards were stolen. Witnesses described Tanzi as a gentle, active church usher who maintained his Italian family traditions and worked as a security guard near the station. Mazariegos fled the scene, boarded a Bronx-bound train, and was apprehended hours later near Times Square after an emergency alert.
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