The madman charged with randomly pummeling a beloved safety guard to loss of life at a Brooklyn subway station has been discovered mentally unfit to face trial, a court docket heard Friday.
David Mazariegos, 25, will probably be dedicated to a state psychiatric hospital after flunking a psychological well being examination — following the alleged cruel, unprovoked Oct. 7, 2025 killing of Nicola Tanzi, a 64-year-old safety guard at MetroTech.
Brooklyn Supreme Court docket Choose Dineen Riviezzo revealed that Mazariegos — a struggling artist with an escalating rap sheet earlier than the assault — had been “discovered unfit” for trial earlier than wishing the maniac good luck.
“We’ll see you in some unspecified time in the future at which you’re higher. Good luck along with your therapy,” the choose stated throughout a short listening to, simply earlier than Mazareigos was handed over to the custody of psychological well being professionals.
Mazareigos, who appeared subdued and sleepy whereas sporting an orange jail outfit, will face first-degree homicide and different prices if or when he’s deemed mentally match to face trial at a later date.
Prosecutors stated Mazareigos punched Tanzi within the face at a safety gate within the Jay Avenue-MetroTech station, close to the place the God-fearing Italian immigrant had labored for 15 years.
Mazareigos then allegedly repeatedly stomped on Tanzi till his physique went “completely limp” — leaving him with a cranium fracture, a crushed nasal bone and a number of different accidents to his face, prosecutors have stated.
Tanzi, a religious Catholic, died just a few hours later.
The brute stole the sufferer’s debit and bank cards to purchase a samurai sword, which was discovered on him when police arrested him later in Instances Squares, authorities have stated.
Mazareigos, who infamously shined a broken-tooth smile after his arraignment, confessed to beating the sufferer, robbing him and “taking his spirt,” in accordance with prosecutors.
His lawyer, Zwi Wasserstein, declined to remark after Friday’s listening to.
