By Bill Parry
A Long Island man has turned himself in for the fatal beating of Jose Antonio Cocuyo-Malaga in Long Island City early Friday morning.
Kaheem Addison, 29, of Huntington Station, surrendered to detectives at the 108th Precinct, just half a block from the street corner where Cocuyo-Malaga was killed after suffering trauma to the head, according to investigators.
Cocuyo-Malaga, 32, and a co-worker from Bareburger, went looking for a livery cab at 2:30 a.m., police sources said. Addison pulled up to the corner of 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in a gray Chevy Caprice Classic.
Police said Cocuyo-Malaga tried to enter the car, but Addison rushed the victim who struck his head on the pavement.
Police discovered Cocuyo-Malaga unconscious on the sidewalk. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Addison was charged with manslaughter
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