India, Oct. 18 -- A Brooklyn community came together Friday night to remember 64-year-old Nicola Tanzi, who was beaten to death outside the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station on Oct. 7, according to New York post report.

More than 100 family members and friends attended a wake at Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home to honor the longtime church volunteer and security guard.

Tanzi, an Italian immigrant who lived in Bensonhurst, had worked near the station for 15 years. He was attacked without reason while holding a door open.

"Just a wonderful, caring, human being," his nephew David Tanzi said. "He would do anything for anybody and his faith. He had an infectious laugh. I think if you asked anybody that had met him, that would remind...