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The NYPD released horrific video of the brutal beating that killed a New York City taxi driver over the weekend as they made two arrests in the senseless crime.
Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the New York City Federation of Taxi Drivers, told The Post early Thursday that two suspects turned themselves in to police at the 101st Precinct in Queens on Wednesday night.
Austin Amos, 20, and four other passengers allegedly assaulted Kutin Gyimah, 52, after they tried to rob the taxi driver around 6:30 a.m. m. Saturday in the Rockaways, police said.
Police said Amos was last wearing clothing matching that of the person who dealt the final blow to Gyimah, sending him flying to the pavement outside Arverne Playground, video posted Wednesday shows.
It’s unclear if Amos was one of the two who turned themselves in to police.
Giymah, a married father of four from the Bronx, hit his head on the street and could not be saved.
Giymah had chased the group down the street after they fled from the backseat of his cab at Beach 54th Street and Arverne Boulevard. He caught up with them and held one person back, the sources said, but the other came back and attacked him.
Suspect
Footage of the assault shows the suspects punching Gyimah multiple times and kicking him as he falls to the pavement. As four of the five people begin to walk away, one of the men in the group walks over to Gyimah and shoes him high.
Gyimah tries to raise his hands for the attacker’s shield himself, but instead he is thrown to the sidewalk where he hits his head and goes limp. The suspects walk away, leaving the taxi driver motionless.
He was pronounced dead at St. John’s Hospital, while the pack of would-be thieves fled.
Police in New York identified twenty-year-old Austin Amos as one of Kutin Gyimah’s alleged attackers.
The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
GoFundMe
A GoFundMe launched for Gyimah’s widow and his four children, ages 3, 5, 7 and 8, has raised more than $107,000.
Her widow said her husband was a hard worker who never stopped working during the pandemic.
“He was a good, good man,” said Abigail Barwuah. “He was my backbone.”
