A couple have been arrested and charged after they allegedly stomped an elderly would-be Samaritan to death.
Tosheba Alford and Kendall Major are accused of killing Quintin Guerrero, 61, after he rushed to the aid of one of his attackers.
The pair appeared at Bronx Supreme Court on second-degree murder charges.
Alford, 20, is believed to have got into an argument with her boyfriend, Major, after a heavy night of drinking.
The pair were travelling as passengers in a taxi when Alford jumped out the moving car in bid to escape 35-year-old Major after he allegedly started to beat her.
It is thought Alford then hobbled over to Guerrero's house in the Bronx, New York, where she sat on some steps. Concerned about her, Guerrero came out of his house to see if she was alright.
Witnesses, including taxi driver Angel Ruiz, apparently claimed to police that Major then got out of the car and together the pair turned on the elderly man and killed him during the attack in Mott Haven at 1.30am on Saturday.
A prosecutor said that Alford told police she was trying to help the man by pulling Major off after he allegedly started kicking and punching him.
Mr Ruiz has now been praised as a hero by his colleagues at the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.
He was awarded a $500 (£300) and a bullet proof vest after helped police track down the pair.
'A lot of drivers don't like to get involved, but I don't mind being involved,' he told the New York Daily News.
'If more drivers would get involved the streets might be a little safer.'
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