NEW YORK — A rent dispute turned deadly in the Bronx last weekend, police sources say.
Kristopher Samaroo, 30, died Saturday evening after suffering severe trauma. His exact cause of death has not been determined.
Officers went to an apartment on Throgs Neck Expressway Service Road near Layton Avenue.
Samaroo’s fiancée told CBS News New York that two men attacked them and their six-month-old daughter with an aluminum baseball bat. She said the suspects were both half-brothers of Samaroo.
Samaroo’s landlord, 43-year-old Omar Lamoni, was charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Edwin Nina, 39, was charged with second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. You can also submit a tip via their website. All conversations are treated confidentially.
