Hispanic who killed a client in a fight over fries in a warehouse was released on bail; Mayor of New York supports him in the controversy

Alba “She has every intention of going back to court and defending this case,” her attorney, Danielle Jackson, of the Harlem Neighborhood Advocate Service, said in court.

Under New York state law, Alba would have had to be released yesterday, Thursday, since prosecutors had yet to present the second-degree murder case to a grand jury, but they could delay the presentation if he were free on bail, he explained. New York Post.

In the shocking video, Alba is seen serving customers behind the counter at the “Blue Moon” grocery store in 3422 Broadway con 139th Street, when suddenly confronted by Austin Simon (37), who entered his private work area, on friday around 11 pm

Apparently the Hispanic employee had gotten into an argument with a woman who had had some fries, but didn’t have enough cash to pay. Due to her frustration, the client left the premises with her child and called Simon, but the relationship between the two was not described.

Before reaching the physical confrontation, the two men yelled at each other, until Simon entered the area behind the counter, where he allegedly Alba took a knife and stabbed the invader repeatedly, according to NYPD and security video.

Simon was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, with wounds on the chest and one on the neck. He had prior arrests, including for robbery and assault, and served time in state prison in 2016 for assaulting a police officer. It was the first of two stabbing homicides recorded that night in the city.

In New York, the interior and surroundings of warehouses are frequently crime scenes, both robberies and homicides. attacks are common to employees and customers.

in January, A woman and her pit bull dog were killed in a shooting inside a Brooklyn grocery store. At the end of November, an 18-year-old died after being shot several timesbeing a client of a warehouse in Staten Island (NYC). And in October, a Immigrant store clerk stabbed to death in East Harlem, in an apparent argument over 50 cents off the price of a cigarette.

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