Crime & Safety
NYC Landlord Kills Tenant With Bat Over Rent, Report Says
The landlord began arguing with the victim — identified as Kristopher Samaroo — and the interaction quickly escalated.
NEW YORK CITY — A 30-year-old man was beaten to death with a baseball bat over the weekend after a dispute with his landlord over unpaid rent.
The incident happened at a home on Throgs Neck Expressway around 6 p.m. on Saturday, when the victim walked outside his house and was confronted by his landlord and another man, police said.
The landlord began arguing with the victim — identified as Kristopher Samaroo — about unpaid back rent, and the interaction quickly escalated, according to a New York Post report.
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The landlord, Omar Lamoni, 43, along with his half-brother Edwin Nina, 39, then beat Samaroo with a metal bat, police said.
The victim was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
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Lamoni, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Nina was charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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