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Bodega owners are set to meet with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Tuesday morning to discuss the controversial murder charge against Jose Alba, ...

New Video Shows Girlfriend Stab NYC Bodega Worker After Confrontation Turned Deadly · 61-year-old Jose Alba is facing murder charges after police said he fatally ...

The video in this case speaks for itself: Mr. Alba was simply doing his job when he was aggressively cornered by a much younger and bigger man." He's the kindest man I ever met, if he says it's self-defense, it is, to me," said Chris Sanchez, who said he's known Alba most of his life. As part of his release, Alba was forced to surrender his passport, remain in the five boroughs and submit to electronic monitoring. We welcomed the opportunity to discuss how we can work together to promote safety on our streets and in our workplaces, and look forward to continuing these conversations.” New photos showed the injuries Alba suffered in the violent altercation. Those pleas will likely only grow louder, as video released on Monday showed what immediately led up to the stabbing that left the 35-year-old Simon dead on July 1.

Drop the murder charge. That will be the request representatives from the United Bodegas of America make when they meet with Manhattan District Attorney ...

We welcomed the opportunity to discuss how we can work together to promote safety on our streets and in our workplaces, and look forward to continuing these conversations." NEW YORK - Drop the murder charge. Today’s conversation centered on how to keep bodega owners and workers safe, including in a post-Bruen world when more people may legally obtain and carry firearms.

We're leaving here today feeling really good and hoping that when he concludes his investigation — and he didn't give us a timeline — that he will exonerate ...

A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge against a bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a man who ...

"If I was defending him I'd say, 'This is an elderly, small man and he's got this very angry, very physical guy standing in front of him, pushing him around and clearly about to attack him. No one can mandate how they determine to prosecute a case and my role is never to interfere with the police. "I took the knife we use to open boxes and I stabbed him." He was released on $50,000 bond, partially secured by the owners of the bodega where Alba worked. She is not currently facing charges, according to a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office. Alba was also allegedly stabbed by Simon's girlfriend during the incident, the complaint states.

A convenience store trade group told members Tuesday to get guns to protect themselves after bodega clerk Jose Alba was charged with murder for fatally ...

"[Jose Alba] did the right thing. Minutes later, she returned with Simon who stormed into Alba’s cubicle and violently shoved the older, smaller man into a chair. Not all the bodega trade groups supported workers arming themselves. the irate mom threatened Alba, according to surveillance footage obtained by the New York Post. Why? Because you need to be able to defend yourself," Fernando Mateo, co-founder of United Bodegas of America, said at a press conference outside the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The case against Alba has sparked national outrage – especially among bodega workers.

The clerk, who spoke exclusively with CBS2, says it was all in self defense.

Today's conversation centered on how to keep bodega owners and workers safe, including in a post-Bruen world when more people may legally obtain and carry firearms. He was just defending his life," she said. We just don't want it to get to this point," Castillo said. "This is why we're here. "Every single day in this kind of business you have been facing a similar situation. As CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reports, Castillo has been running a bodega in New York City for 13 years.