Man re-arrested for random punch of stranger who spent 7 years in coma now that victim has died

A antheral who served six months successful jailhouse for sucker-punching a Brooklyn effect basal manager successful June 2017, leaving him successful a coma, was charged with manslaughter Wednesday — astir a twelvemonth aft the unfortunate succumbed to his injuries, constabulary said.

Gary Anderson is facing caller manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges for clocking 38-year-old begetter and hubby Domingo Tapia successful the face.

The unfortunate was riding his motorcycle on Fulton St. successful Bedford-Stuyvesant erstwhile helium was punched disconnected his thrust adjacent Albany Ave. connected his mode location from work.

Anderson, present 34, deed Tapia astatine random successful a acceptable of choler aft storming distant from a quarrel with 3 men. He had a occupation teaching sports to kids astatine a YMCA astatine the time.

“I privation justice. Whatever clip helium (already) served successful jailhouse is not capable for Domingo’s life. He yet died,” the victim’s widow Esther Diaz told the Daily News Wednesday.

Tapia suffered a fractured skull and spent 7 years successful a coma pursuing the unprovoked attack. He died past March.

Domingo Tapia successful the infirmary aft the incidental successful 2017 (left) and earlier his decease connected March 12, 2024. (Courtesy of Jaime Gonzalez)

Police initially believed Tapia was the unfortunate of a hit-and-run driver. But a video viewed aboriginal by cops captured the shocking assault.

Cops arrested Anderson soon aft the attack. He was convicted of felony battle and sentenced to 3 years successful prison. Authorities said helium was backmost connected the thoroughfare six months later.

“He should get the maximum,” Diaz said of the caller charges and the condemnation they could bring. “It does not substance for however galore years helium goes to jail, it’s not going to bring my hubby back. The symptom of my kids being without begetter is not going to spell away.”

Gary Anderson successful constabulary custody aft leaving the NYPD’s 81st Precinct stationhouse successful Brooklyn Wednesday. (Shawn Inglima / New York Daily News)

Tapia’s grieving household has been demanding that Anderson look upgraded charges ever since their household patriarch died.

“The kids person inactive not been capable to recognize the concern fully,” his woman said a time aft Tapia’s death.

“Thanks to (Anderson), my kids don’t person idiosyncratic to enactment them … to enactment the family.”

Domingo Tapia with his wife, Esther Diaz.

Tapia’s agelong coma forced Diaz to rise their boys without a begetter portion moving overtime to marque up for the nonaccomplishment of income, she said.

“The kids effort to heal but they are excessively young,” she said Wednesday. “They inactive miss their begetter excessively much.”