Man accused of repeatedly stabbing taxi driver in Bronx turns himself in to NYPD

A man police say repeatedly stabbed a taxi driver and drove away in the Bronx last month after the cabbie pleaded with him for peace has surrendered to authorities, according to NYPD officials.

Darin Dominick, a 56-year-old Bronx resident, turned himself in to the 43rd Precinct on Wednesday morning and has been charged with attempted murder as well as assault, harassment and weapons offenses for the Nov. 26 incident, officials said.

The taxi driver — Osei Kusi, a Bronx man who came to New York City from Ghana eight years ago — remains hospitalized more than two weeks after the alleged attack, according to his family and the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers. The organization’s chairman, Fernando Mateo, said members have visited Kusi every day since the incident.

“We’re going to continue to stay on top of cases like this,” Mateo told Gothamist.

A criminal complaint alleges Dominick got out of a car at a red light near Randall Avenue and White Plains Road in Clason Point and knocked on Kusi’s window with a baseball bat. Kusi got out of his car and told Dominick, “I don’t want to fight you, I don’t want to fight you,” before falling to the ground, according to the complaint.

The complaint states Kusi then “felt an unknown sharp object repeatedly strike his torso, causing him to have multiple bleeding puncture wounds,” and Dominick fled the scene. Kusi was taken to a hospital, where he received stitches and staples and fell in and out of consciousness, per the complaint, which prosecutors said is based on video surveillance and witness accounts.

Dominick’s attorney, Michael Discioarro, said in a text message his client denies wrongdoing.

Kusi’s uncle, Samuel Cudjoe — who also drove a taxi for decades — previously told Gothamist that Kusi had never seemed worried about safety on the job. He said Kusi had a wife and child still in Ghana, where he’d served in the military before coming to the United States.

Cudjoe said Thursday that Kusi is recovering well and can walk and talk on the phone. But the uncle said it’s not yet clear when his nephew will be discharged from the hospital or able to work again.

The taxi federation said it had secured compensation for Kusi through a workers benefit fund. The group said work by police brought the investigation to a “turning point” before Dominick turned himself in.

“The city can breathe a little easier today, but we will continue to push for full accountability to ensure this never happens again,” Steven Rivera, the federation’s president, said in a statement.

This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.