Cops are hoping to get the last laugh in the case of a brutal hate crime.
Here is a chilling video released today of a Bronx man giggling to his heart’s content just 19 minutes after he allegedly beat a man to death with a baseball bat.
Keith Phoenix, 28, was all smiles as he pulled into an cash lane as he drove past a Robert F. Kennedy Bridge toll window on Dec. 7 after he beat Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay to death on a Brooklyn street, police said.
Cops released the video as they continue to hunt for Phoenix.
Another suspect, Hakim Scott, 25, was busted on Tuesday and was awaiting arraignment this afternoon on charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime.
As the duo yelled anti-gay slurs, cops said Scott and Phoenix attacked Sucuzhanay, 31, mistakenly thinking the real estate agent was gay because he was walking arm-in-arm with his brother.
Police said Scott admitted he and Phoenix were driving through Brooklyn in an SUV that day – but denied they were looking to beat up on Hispanics or gays.