Monday, July 11, 2022

We're fighting a culture of violence

Chilling new video shows how NYC bodega worker Jose Alba was apparently stabbed

In the chilling footage, Alba, 61, battles back and slashes career criminal Austin Simon inside the Manhattan bodega July 1 — as the former convict’s girlfriend appears to pull a knife from her purse and stab the worker.

Simon was later pronounced dead, while Alba was charged with his murder.

New video shows that Manhattan bodega worker Jose Alba may have been stabbed during the fatal altercation at his store.
New video shows that Manhattan bodega worker Jose Alba may have been stabbed during the fatal altercation at his store.

The footage provides a new view of the bloody exchange. Simon’s unidentified girlfriend has not been charged in the case.

The new footage shows Simon, 35, from a different angle going behind the counter and confronting Alba, who then scuffles with the younger man and pulls a knife from a candy shelf. 


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