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Enraged tourist beats bystander to death with fire extinguisher in whacked-out Florida motel flap: cops
The New York Post ^ | 01/10/2025 | Shane Galvin

Posted on 01/11/2025 5:13:44 AM PST by thegagline

An unhinged tourist from Chile beat a man to death with a fire extinguisher — all because the victim tried to calm him down as he was getting kicked out of a Florida motel, officials said.

Piero Estefano But-Castillo, 25, fatally stomped and pounded Robert Krusinowski, 55, at a Quality Inn in Kissimmee, Florida on Wednesday, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

But-Castillo had just arrived in the United States on a 90-day tourist visa from Chile on Jan.1, Fox35 reported.

The alleged maniac flew off the handle when he was told that he would be evicted from the motel — and the victim was attempting to curb his rage.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene to find But-Castillo stomping on the already severely beaten older man.

Krusinowski was known around the motel as a longtime resident who would help motel staffers with maintenance tasks, Fox35 reported.

The victim suffered severe head trauma and died at the scene.

“These savage attacks aren’t going to go unpunished here,” Sheriff Lopez said at the press conference.

But-Castillo is being held without bond and faces charges including premeditated murder, resisting an officer with violence, battery, and criminal mischief

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deescalation; gooddeeds; gopunished
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A “tourist”? I bet he wasn’t vetted before being issued a visa.

If you are going to de-escalate, do it with overwhelming force. Id est with a gun.

1 posted on 01/11/2025 5:13:44 AM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Short tempered hot bloded latins is not a myth.


2 posted on 01/11/2025 5:16:54 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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Calling him an f’n “tourist”?! Did he have a camera around his next and floral shorts, black socks and loafers? Tourist my white ass!!


3 posted on 01/11/2025 5:17:46 AM PST by albie (U)
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An insane aho from Chile on “vacation” in America for three months? I don’t think we’re getting the true story here.


4 posted on 01/11/2025 5:18:41 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Deport that piggie, Marchan!!! NOW!!! Send his butt back to Colombia! He's milked America enough.)
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To: V_TWIN

This older man is 66 and this little scumbag would be having dinner thru a straw


5 posted on 01/11/2025 5:19:42 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: thegagline

Lock him in a room with Mayorkas.


6 posted on 01/11/2025 5:19:52 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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You’re not suppposed to start sentences with “but.”


7 posted on 01/11/2025 5:23:24 AM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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I don’t think we’re getting the true story here.

Not to mention the fact that it's very poorly written.
8 posted on 01/11/2025 5:33:00 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: thegagline

Doesn’t look like a typical tourist to me!


9 posted on 01/11/2025 5:34:25 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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From Chile eh? Not so chill though.


10 posted on 01/11/2025 5:35:06 AM PST by xp38
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Well, at least the tourist will have a place to stay now


11 posted on 01/11/2025 5:43:08 AM PST by Safrguns
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Kicking someone out of the hotel is what you would expect from a security guard, not a maintenance man.


12 posted on 01/11/2025 5:45:44 AM PST by OldHarbor
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To: thegagline

Diversity is our strength


13 posted on 01/11/2025 5:46:18 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: quilterdebbie

Another example as to why so many are reluctant “to get involved.”


14 posted on 01/11/2025 5:48:16 AM PST by daler
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To: thegagline

Maybe an outsider should not try to de-escalate and just call the cops. They will be there in 15 minutes.


15 posted on 01/11/2025 5:48:42 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( @whoisourPresident)
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Fortunately, its Florida. So this scumbag is probably going to get the death penalty.

In Britain he’d probably get 10 years for manslaughter, out in 5. Probably wouldn’t even get deported afterwards if he claimed asylum.


16 posted on 01/11/2025 5:52:41 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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I’m of the opinion that assaulting good Samaritans and those who intervene should be treated as harshly as those who assault police officers.

It might change the culture because intervening is a lose-lose situation where if you lose, you end up in hospital/the morgue, and if you win you end up in jail.

Not sure that applies to Florida though. Florida man is sensible, despite the stereotype.


17 posted on 01/11/2025 5:55:48 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: thegagline

How many people on this thread could even afford a 3-month vacation in another country, let alone want to do something like that.


18 posted on 01/11/2025 6:02:14 AM PST by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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a longtime resident who would help motel staffers with maintenance tasks

On a 90-day tourist visa? A 25-year-old guy with poor impulse control? He's not a rich tourist taking a 3 month vacation in the States. He's an illegal immigrant hired by the hotel to do work for low wages.

19 posted on 01/11/2025 6:04:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: V_TWIN

I’m so tired of hot-headed minority types, especially when they’ve made their way in as criminals and psychopaths. Instead of demonstrating how they want to be good Americans, they reciprocate by being the worst of humans.


20 posted on 01/11/2025 6:05:13 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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