The man initially suspected of fatally beating a Brooklyn building super during a scuffle has been released without charges, cops said Friday – as sources revealed the allege assailant was not a porch pirate after all.
The late superintendent also may have suffered from pre-existing heart issues that played a role in his death, law-enforcement sources said.
Building worker Burim Havolli, 41 – a Kosovo war refugee who had been watching over the Ditmas Park site for 15 years – died during a dust-up with a 30-year-old man who allegedly bashed him with a phone multiple times Wednesday morning, cops and sources said.
But sources revealed Friday that the fight between the two men was mostly verbal – and though Havolli was struck with the phone, the blows did not draw blood.
Sources and neighbors initially said the younger man was allegedly attempting to steal a tenant’s package – as the building has recently been plagued by such thefts and outside troublemakers.
But sources said Friday he was not trying to swipe any packages after all.
Both Havolli and the younger man called 911 after the fracas, sources said.
Havolli, a married dad of three young kids, was rushed to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he died, police said.
The alleged attacker was held in police custody since the incident but then released late Thursday as cops and prosecutors concluded there was no criminality involved, authorities said.
Havolli may have suffered from prior medical conditions, including involving his heart, that played a role in his death, but the city medical examiner’s office will make an official determination, the sources said.
The ME’s office confirmed Friday that the cause and manner of death are pending further study.
