A Brooklyn apartment building super died after being bashed in the head with a cell phone during a clash with a package thief Wednesday morning, according to cops and relatives.<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old super, who was identified by family members as Burim Havolli, got into a heated dispute with his attacker around 8:12 a.m. inside a building on Ocean Ave. and Glenwood Road<\/a> in Midwood, and was repeatedly bashed over the head with a cellphone device, police sources said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was beating him in the head,\u201d a cousin of the victim, who did not want to be named, told the Daily News.<\/p>\n Havolli subdued his attacker who was allegedly trying to steal packages from the building, until police arrived and took the man into custody, according to the building\u2019s porter, Johnny Garcia, 55, who said he worked with Havolli for 15 years.<\/p>\n \u201cHe came to grab the packages. Benny tried to hold him until the police come,\u201d Garcia told The News. \u201cIt started in the lobby and they fight. It ended up outside the building.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the clash, Havolli went up to his second floor apartment and went to take a shower, but began to vomit and then collapsed, the victim\u2019s cousin said.<\/p>\n Police rushed to the scene, finding the victim with injuries to his head \u2014 and that he had suffered an apparent heart attack shortly afterward, cops and sources said. EMS transported the super to Kings County Hospital<\/a> in critical condition, where he later died.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a good man \u2014 no, he was a great man,\u201d another relative ,who did not want to be named, told The News. \u201cHe leaves his wife and three little babies. It\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n A person was taken into custody but no charges were immediately filed, sources said.<\/p>\n Police also retrieved a scooter and a black hoodie that belonged to the suspect.<\/p>\n