Neighbor of NYC dad allegedly killed by trans daughter recalls bloody scene: ‘Call the cops’

The Brooklyn father who police believe was murdered by his trans daughter Thursday morning pleaded with his neighbor to “call the cops” as he lay dying on his kitchen floor, the witness recalled.

Susie Lew saw the horrific aftermath of her neighbor Carlo Secondino’s slaying shortly after his 22-year-old daughter frantically pounded on her door around 6 a.m. inside the Bensonhurst apartment building.

“He was lying on the kitchen floor, blood all over his chest, completely all saturated and red. He was just laying there not moving,” Lew, 61, said of the scene.

The daughter who alerted Lew to the bloodbath, Nikki Secondino, has since been charged with her 61-year-old father’s murder, police said.

Nikki had been crying for help after Lew had heard what sounded like an altercation from down the hall, the neighbor said.

“I was woken up. It sounded like body wrestling going on inside the house, like two people fighting,” Lew recalled.

“Her bloody fingerprints are all over my door from when she was banging on the door, hoping I would open it. And then when she stopped the banging and I didn’t hear any more movement in the hallway, I slowly opened my door and heard the father yell my name out, ‘Susie, call the cops!’”

Lew later saw Nikki making a phone call in the hallway, claiming the trio had been robbed by home invaders who had stabbed the entire family including her.

Carlo Secondino seen in a Facebook photo.
Carlo Secondino was a beloved deliveryman at a nearby diner.
Facebook/Carlo Secondino

Nikki’s sister, Liana, 19, was rushed to Maimonides Hospital, where she was in critical condition, while the father died at the scene, according to police.

Nikki was taken to NYU Langone Hospital with wounds to her hands — but later brought to the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct and charged with murder, attempted murder and weapons possession, cops said.

Police were called to the family’s home several times this year on reports of domestic violence, sources said — including on July 15, when the dad was accused of threatening to kill Liana, and on Sept. 19 when he allegedly slapped Nikki.

In a third incident, on July 14, ­Liana was charged with assault and criminal mischief after ripping off their apartment’s window blinds during a dispute with Nikki, according to police sources.

police standing around
“I was woken up. It sounded like body wrestling going on inside the house, like two people fighting,” the family’s neighbor recalled.
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Secondino often seemed distracted by “family issues” that he was reluctant to discuss, according to Yadira Gomez, who co-owns Mike’s Diner where Secondino worked as a deliveryman.

“I know that there was always fights. He was always working here all day, but during the day he would always say she’s crazy, she’s got some issues, problems, she doesn’t want to work,” Gomez told The Post on Thursday.

“She was fighting him yesterday and he told the other girl, ‘Go to your friend’s house. Don’t stay here,’ because he was worried.”

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