2023-07-19 12:19:00
Carlos Ramírez, a homeless man, was arrested on suspicion of beating Bernardo González Pérez to death with a wooden board, a 63-year-old employee who was sweeping the sidewalk in front of a supermarket in Harlem (NYC).
The crime occurred around noon on June 7 outside “Food Universe” on W. 138th St. near Broadway, New York police said. Last week the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
Ramirez, a short 5-foot-5-inch man, was originally charged with felony assault. The charges are expected to be updated at his next court appearance on July 27, police sources said.
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Homeless man with wooden plank “was probably high … laughing + making fun of him while he was lying… on floor”
“I don’t think they argued … [said] ‘You deserve it.’”https://t.co/L9r1KzAv8o
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 18, 2023
At the time of the attack, the victim had only been employed at that supermarket for a couple of weeks, he explained. Daily News.
Apparently Ramírez, 48, took a “large wooden board” and hit González Pérez “several times” in the middle of an argument as pedestrians walked by, according to the criminal complaint once morest the suspect. The victim suffered several cuts and bruises to the head during the attack and “might not communicate because he continued to lose consciousness,” court documents say.
A security camera outside the store captured the disturbing assault. Even following González Pérez fell to the ground, the attacker picked up the board and hit him once more. The cleaning worker’s broom lay on the floor next to him.
Paramedics took González Pérez to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he died four days later. He lived near St. James Park in the Bronx, according to police. Ramírez ran following the attack, but the responding police officers tracked him down and grabbed him later that day.
Pamela Santana, an assistant manager at the supermarket, said she ran out as soon as she heard the commotion. “I don’t think they argued,” she said. “The shooter didn’t seem mentally unstable because he was making statements like, ‘You deserve it.'”
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In March, a couple beat up a worker who wanted to prevent an alleged robbery at a supermarket in The Bronx. At the end of February, in a similar case, a 25-year-old Hispanic cashier was violently attacked by several women at another supermarket in the same county.
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