As staff at a Bronx hospital connected 62-year-old cab driver and assault victim Jose Morillo to life support, his accused killer sat in a hospital waiting area near Morillo’s devastated family. The accused attacker, Arkym Davis, was arrested on May 27; Morillo died June 5. The Bronx DA is seeking a homicide charge.
Morillo was leaving a laundromat on Grand Concourse near E. 182nd Street in Fordham Heights on May 21 when Davis attacked him without warning, hurling him to the street and stomping on his head, explained Lizzette Negron, Morillo’s wife. Davis laughed maniacally as he beat Morillo, Negron added.
Medics rushed Morillo to the Bronxcare Health Systems hospital in Claremont Village, where doctors performed brain surgery, but he ended up in a coma. His condition deteriorated and he died soon after.
It wasn’t until three days after the incident that police unveiled surveillance footage. Only then did stunned family members realize Davis had remained at the scene of the crime and visited the hospital.
Source: The Daily News
