A man is accused of choking his friend to death on Sunday during a fight outside a Brooklyn building where the two lived, authorities said. Eduardo Martinez, 42, claims the victim, Brandon Paulino, 30, threw the first punch before he got on Paulino’s back and put him in a chokehold during the scuffle outside 333 MacDougal St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 1:40 pm, according to the criminal complaint. Martinez and the victim were acquaintances who lived in the building, sources said. Click here to read more on pix11.com.