NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The suspect in a brutal murder at a luxury condominium on the Lower East Side was prosecuted overnight after police arrested him on Friday morning.
Sources tell CBS2 that the suspect, Tyrese Haspil, 21, was embezzling money and had promised to pay his boss, Fahim Saleh, 33, up to $ 100,000, but investigators believe Haspil killed his boss, for fear of Saleh. would go to the police
Fahim Saleh (credit: Instagram / Fahims)
The video shows members of the New York / New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force descend on 172 Crosby Street in NoHo just before 9 am Friday, rushing to arrest Haspil.
“He was very calm. They just walked him around the corner and took him to the car, ”witness Byron Allen told CBS2’s Alice Gainer.
Haspil is now charged with second degree murder.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Saleh’s cousin went to his luxury condo on 265 East Houston after she had not heard from him.
“Sir. Fahim Saleh’s cousin discovered his dismembered body in his department room with his head, arms and legs amputated,” said New York Police Chief Detective Detective Rodney Harrison.
Video of the arrest of Tyrese Haspil, 21, on Crosby Street this morning in connection with the murder of Fahim Saleh. Saleh’s dismembered body was found in her luxury condo on Tuesday. NYPD says Haspil was Saleh’s personal assistant. @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/YwfEyhxXXw
– Alice Gainer (@GainerTV) July 17, 2020
An electric saw was near the wreckage.
A day earlier, Monday, police say Haspil, dressed in a black suit with his face covered, took the elevator to the building with Saleh, and is seen on camera assaulting him with a stunning electric weapon once they reached the Saleh department. .
The medical examiner says Saleh was stabbed in the torso and neck.
Haspil reportedly returned the next day to dispose of the body, police sources told CBS2, but was interrupted by the victim’s cousin, possibly buzzing from the lobby.
Sources say CBS2 police have a surveillance video showing the suspect sneaking out of the building as the victim’s cousin climbed the elevator.
Police say Haspil worked for Saleh.
“Sir. Haspil was Mr. Saleh’s executive assistant and handled his finances and personal affairs. He is also believed to have owed the victim a significant amount of money,” said Harrison.
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Haspil ignored reporters’ questions Friday when he left the seventh compound in handcuffs, wearing a white jumpsuit and horn-rimmed glasses.
Investigators spent the afternoon walking in and out of the Haspil’s Prospect Park apartment building.
“You never know what your neighbors are capable of, and I think my girlfriend and I are very happy that they arrested him because it is a nice sketch knowing that someone is just a couple of doors away that could do something like that,” he said. neighbor Greg Soto to Ali from CBS2. Bauman
Investigators were reportedly brought to the suspect using credit card statements, Uber receipts, and text messages between Saleh and Haspil, along with electronic records, which is how the police learned of the alleged embezzlement.
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