Posted on 04/28/2026 8:16:39 AM PDT by lowbridge
A New York bodega worker, who had previously expressed fear over his safety at the location, was killed just outside his store on Saturday night.
Abdul Saleh was reportedly killed while he was on the job in the East Village of Manhattan.
According to ABC7, the shooting happened just after 11:30 p.m. in front of Saleh's family-owned business, Sal's Deli & Grocery.
Police told reporters that Saleh got into an argument that started inside the deli.
"Witnesses say the video shows Saleh and the 28-year-old man arguing. It then spilled outside, where Abdul was shot in the stomach," the outlet reported.
A year ago, Saleh spoke with Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson about his concerns over crime in the area, expressing worry about violence against bodega workers he saw on social media.
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Saleh's comments came as the United Bodega Association business group announced a $1.6 million program to install panic buttons at 500 city stores. The buttons would bypass the conventional 911 dispatch system to connect bodega and deli workers to the NYPD's central command center in order for police to address incidents more quickly.
"People got shot, killed, sometimes you got robbed, and police never respond quick — they always come three, four hours late," Saleh told Richardson last year.
"Always something happens, and no one really cares," he said at another point.
The alleged shooter is reportedly in the hospital suffering from non-fatal injuries after one of his bullets ricocheted and struck him.
According to a local CBS report's sources, the suspect had refused to pay for a meal and then had an argument with Saleh. Saleh reportedly had just returned from Yemen to visit his family there before his death.
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Survives Yemen but not NYC.
Has NY arrested the bodega worker yet? /s (Thinking back to when a bodega worker defended himself and killed the perp who tried to kill him- The bodega worker got arrested)
A “Sal’s” in New York used to be Salvatore’s...when America was still America. Now it’s Abdul Saleh. Poor bastard. Poor America.
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