NEW YORKm, NY – A 33-year-old man who attacked and killed a 69-year-old has been charged by the Ne w York City Police Department with assault.
Police found a 69-year-old man unconscious outside 3212 Cruger Avenue in the Bronx on April 25.
Emergency medical services responded and transported the man, identified as Hector Burgos to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead on May 2.
Following an ongoing investigation, Burgos’ death has been deemed a homicide, and his attacker charged.
On Thursday, Kiam Chelcher, a 33-year-old male residing in the same building as Burgos was arrested by the 47th Precinct and charged with assault.
The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to contact the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).