An 82-year-old man died weeks after he by accident ran into an aged neighbor who violently shoved him to the bottom throughout a Manhattan stroll, cops and sources stated Thursday.
Dana Escoffier, 79, allegedly threw Dean Conover Whetzel onto a West Village sidewalk, main him to hit his head throughout an argument after the pair mistakenly walked into each other round 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, in keeping with cops and sources.
“I pushed him as a result of he ran into me,” Escoffier allegedly blurted out in entrance of a witness on Hudson Road close to West eleventh Road earlier than he fled the scene, prosecutors stated.
The eagle-eyed witness then adopted the enraged septuagenarian and pointed him out to police, a prison criticism alleges.
The sufferer — who was discovered unconscious by cops with a swollen proper eye and laceration to the again of the top — was rushed to NYC Well being/Hospitals/Bellevue in important situation.
He succumbed to his accidents three weeks later. The medical expert’s workplace dominated it a murder on Nov. 6, the NYPD stated Monday.
The 2 senior residents have been strangers and lived across the nook from each other, police stated.
Escoffier was charged with assault and aggravated harassment in October earlier than being launched.
It’s unclear if he’ll face extra costs.
He’s due again in court docket on Dec. 4th.
The Submit was unable to achieve Escoffier Tuesday evening.
