It’s so bad in New York, you can’t even hold a door open for someone without the risk of getting killed.
From the New York Post: A deranged crook with a mile-long rap sheet allegedly confessed to savagely beating a stranger to death outside a Brooklyn subway station — coldly telling cops he didn’t like the way the victim “looked at him,” sources revealed Wednesday.
David Mazariegos, 25, was charged with murder in the senseless Tuesday afternoon assault near the Jay Street-MetroTech Station, law enforcement sources said.
The creep flashed a sinister, partially toothless grin Wednesday as he was carted out of a Manhattan courthouse, where he was first arraigned on charges from a past case and his dramatic arrest with a samurai sword in Times Square hours after the brutal slaying.
“Why’d you take my planet?” Mazariegos raved outside the courtroom when asked why he killed the man.
Sources said the sicko allegedly copped to attacking 64-year-old Nicola Tanzi in downtown Brooklyn because the hapless man held a subway gate door open for him — an act of kindness that the hotheaded hoodlum told cops he disliked.
In a horrific attack that lasted 10 mintues, Mazariegos repeatedly hit the victim’s face and stomped on his head up to 15 times, then took his wallet and ID, before leaving him lying unconscious.
Following the attack, Tanzi died about an hour later at a hospital. Tanzi was originally from Italy, had lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years, worked in security and planned to retire next year. He was also a regular church usher at the Catholic St. Dominic parish during their Italian language services.
Meanwhile, Mazariegos is a career criminal from the Bronx, has at least 33 past arrests, including both sealed and unsealed cases, and is listed on the city’s transit recidivist database, the New York Post reported.
In between his crime sprees, Mazariegos was a gifted parkour enthusiast and street artist who created artwork and performed stunts.
UPDATE: The individual wanted in connection with this homicide is now in custody.
Thank you to our cops and detectives who worked tirelessly to track and arrest this suspect. https://t.co/v4I8r73gIv
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 8, 2025
Victim Nicola Tanzi was unknown to he suspect.
Ransom attack. pic.twitter.com/NkCbHHNSLZ— Here_for_the_comments (@99_the_comments) October 9, 2025
David Mazariegos, 25, was charged with murder in the fatal beating of another man at a subway station in Brooklyn.https://t.co/AT9SSqnL93
via ABC7NY App— Darius Radzius (@DariusRadzius) October 9, 2025
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