A New York City taxi driver was killed after he was brutally beat up by multiple assailants who tried to rob him.
Kutin Gyimah, 52, died after a group of five teenagers and young adults attacked him in a playground in the Rockaways early last Saturday morning.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) identified Gyimah as a yellow cab minivan driver. He was reportedly dropping off the five assailants near the park when they tried to rob him.
Surveillance footage shows Gyimah catching up with the group outside near the playground after the attempted robbery. Gyimah confronts the group, who turn and begin beating him up.
Five assailants can be seen beating up Gyimah in the video – two boys in their early 20s and three teenage girls, police said.
Police named one suspect, Austin Amos, 20, who they believe killed Gyimah when he threw him to the ground.
In the video, Amos appears to throw a punch at Gyimah, which knocks him off his feet. The back of his head then hits the ground.
The deadly fight happened around 6.20am near the Arverne Playground.
When first responders got to the scene, they found Gyimah lying on the ground with trauma to his head. He was taken by paramedics to St Johns Hospital in Far Rockaway where he was pronounced dead.
Gyimah was identified as a father of four who lived in the Bronx. Gyimah’s kids are aged 8, 7, 5 and 3.
A GoFundMe was set up to help pay for Gyimah’s funeral expenses, as well as support his four children’s living and educational expenses.
‘All through the worst days of the pandemic he was one of the few who still drove a cab continuously to provide support for our city and its citizens,’ the organizers wrote.
The fundraiser had received almost $135,000 in donations as of Thursday afternoon.
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