5/5 🧵 The deeper point of the story is less about the court file and more about the human wreckage: a family-run bodega, repeated warning signs, a young father killed almost immediately after returning to work, and two small kids now growing up with that loss hanging over everything. 📎 Source
4/5 🧵 The confrontation reportedly spilled outside, where police say Horton opened fire. Saleh was shot in the torso and later died at Bellevue. In a grim little twist that sounds almost absurd, one of the shooter’s bullets allegedly ricocheted and wounded him too. He’s now facing murder, manslaughter, and weapons possession charges.
3/5 🧵 The shooting happened late Saturday night after Kavone Horton, 28, allegedly came into the deli around 11:30 p.m. Family members said he was already known to them — not some random stranger out of nowhere. He’d allegedly stolen from the store before, demanded free stuff, and repeatedly harassed workers. The article paints this as a danger the family says had been building for a while, not a bolt from the blue.
2/5 🧵 The victim was Abdul Saleh, a father of two who worked at Sal’s Deli and Grocery in Alphabet City/East Village. According to the report, he had just returned from visiting his wife, 3-year-old daughter, and 2-year-old son in Yemen. The article says that trip included his first time ever meeting his son in person, which makes the timing especially brutal.
1/5 🧵 A 28-year-old NYC deli worker came back from Yemen, met his young son for the first time, and within 24 hours was dead after a street confrontation outside his family’s store. His last words to his brother: take care of my kids. That’s the part that hits like a truck.
5/5 🧵 The deeper point of the story is less about the court file and more about the human wreckage: a family-run bodega, repeated warning signs, a young father killed almost immediately after returning to work, and two small kids now growing up with that loss hanging over everything. 📎 Source
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4/5 🧵 The confrontation reportedly spilled outside, where police say Horton opened fire. Saleh was shot in the torso and later died at Bellevue. In a grim little twist that sounds almost absurd, one of the shooter’s bullets allegedly ricocheted and wounded him too. He’s now facing murder, manslaughter, and weapons possession charges.
3/5 🧵 The shooting happened late Saturday night after Kavone Horton, 28, allegedly came into the deli around 11:30 p.m. Family members said he was already known to them — not some random stranger out of nowhere. He’d allegedly stolen from the store before, demanded free stuff, and repeatedly harassed workers. The article paints this as a danger the family says had been building for a while, not a bolt from the blue.
2/5 🧵 The victim was Abdul Saleh, a father of two who worked at Sal’s Deli and Grocery in Alphabet City/East Village. According to the report, he had just returned from visiting his wife, 3-year-old daughter, and 2-year-old son in Yemen. The article says that trip included his first time ever meeting his son in person, which makes the timing especially brutal.
1/5 🧵 A 28-year-old NYC deli worker came back from Yemen, met his young son for the first time, and within 24 hours was dead after a street confrontation outside his family’s store. His last words to his brother: take care of my kids. That’s the part that hits like a truck.