Deadly fight between Hispanics in a New York store: man stabbed when claiming that they did not say “thank you”
NYPD is on the trail of Edwin Pedroza, suspected of fatally stabbing Joan Núñez in a brawl that escalated inside a smokers’ shop in Brooklyn.
The beginning of the fight inside the business was captured on a security video. It then spread to the street, and the stabbing occurred at approximately 11:23 p.m. on September 20, in front of 248 4th Ave, he said. CBS2.
The two men coincided as they entered the Tobacco Road Corp store on Fourth Avenue near President St. in the the neighborhood of Gowanus. Right away they argued because supposedly Pedroza “did not thank” Núñez for holding the door for him, a police source said.
The fight spread outside, where apparently Núñez hit Pedroza, who reacted by stabbing him in the abdomen and neck. Paramedics rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, but were unable to save him.
The 37-year-old deceased lived near the scene criminal, police said. The suspect fled on an electric bicycle with the murder weapon and has not been captured. He was last seen cycling toward Carroll St.
Anyone with information should call to 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
