The brutal decapitation of a 45-year-old man in West Brighton was punctuated by photos and video of the bloodied 19-year-old suspect being escorted out of a police precinct and into an ambulance. The victim was his mother’s longtime boyfriend.
On Tuesday, police in Staten Island announced that Damien Hurstel, 19, was charged Wednesday morning with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the death of Anthony Casalaspro, 45, on Monday, per the New York City Police Department. He was transported to the hospital on Tuesday after suffering a medical episode, per WJBF, pushing his arraignment back to Wednesday morning.
