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From the New York Post: A beloved Brooklyn tenant who moved from Germany to pursue a tech career in New York City died Friday after he was slugged by a moped-riding menace three days earlier, police announced Monday.
Florian Oltmann, 38, died of his injuries on Friday after the brute sucker punched him and his 56-year-old pal when the pair confronted the man for bumping into them on the sidewalk in front of Rudy’s Bar and Grill on Ninth Avenue near West 44th Street around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, cops said.
Oltmann’s friend and the aggressor exchanged words before the moped driver punched the man in the face, knocking him unconscious, according to police.
Oltmann then confronted the slugger but was also knocked in the face with what would become a fatal blow when his head smashed into the concrete, the NYPD said.
The killer reportedly fled on his black moped after the vicious attack, and police are still searching for him.
The report explains that Oltmann was kept on life support to allow time for his parents to fly in from Germany to see him.
Esad Taipovic, 80, the landlord of his Williamsburg apartment building where Oltmann lived since 2017 or 2018, said Oltmann was his favorite tenant and just like family to him.
“I can’t say [anything] bad about him. Everybody liked him. He died and everybody cried in the building,” she said.
Chalk up another victory for the brutes
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯A Brooklyn man who moved from Germany to pursue a tech career in New York City died Friday after he was slugged by a moped-riding man three days earlier.
Florian Oltmann, 38, died of his injuries on Friday… pic.twitter.com/rswySJeV6i
— Crime In NYC (@CrimeInNYC) July 30, 2024
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