Man Charged in Beating Death of N.Y. Transient
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NEW YORK — City officials searched Tuesday for the identity of a homeless man who police said was beaten to death on a subway platform in an altercation with a man returning home from a movie with his 3-year-old son.
Rodney Sumter, a 39-year-old plumber, was charged with manslaughter and released without bail. Police said that on Sunday night the homeless man spat toward the Sumters, then took a swing at the elder Sumter and missed. A fight started and police said Sumter began pummeling the other man.
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