A New York City warehouse owner was arrested on murder charges early Saturday in connection with a fatal stabbing that police called self-defense.
Police said a 37-year-old man was causing trouble inside the Blue Moon convenience store on Broadway near 139th Street when the store owner stabbed him in the chest and back, allegedly in self-defense.
Paramedic crews transported Austin Simon to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The store’s owner, Jose Alba, 51, was arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Information from Alba’s attorney was not immediately available.
The investigation is ongoing.
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