A New York City man was arrested on Friday after allegedly fatally stabbing a man who confronted him for his bad manners, according to police. (Read More Here).
On Sept. 20 at around 11:30p.m., Joan Nunez, 37, opened the door of a smoke shop in Gowanus, Brooklyn for Edwin Pedroza, 42. When Pedroza walked in without saying thank you, Nunez confronted him, which led to a verbal dispute, according to police.
Video shared by the NYPD appears to show Nunez, in white, and Pedroza engaging in a physical dispute inside the smoke shop. At one point, Pedroza appears to push Nunez against a wall as he holds his hands up.
The pair left the shop as the fighting escalated, where Pedroza allegedly displayed a knife and stabbed Nunez in the abdomen and neck. He then fled the location on an e-bike.
Nunez was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
Pedroza was arrested Friday morning in Brooklyn and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
According to the Daily News, the dispute in the smoke shop began over holding the door.
EMS responded and transported the 37-year-old victim to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
Attorney information for Pedroza wasn’t readily available as of Friday afternoon.
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A verbal dispute erupted into a physical altercation, as both men fought off one another. Alsaidi said Nunez taunted Pedroza, saying, “Stab me if you can do it.”
From there, Pedroza withdrew a knife and stabbed Nunez in the abdomen and neck. “The victim started screaming, ‘He stabbed me, he stabbed me,’” Alsaidi said.
After Nunez stumbled back into the store, where he reportedly was “bleeding all over the floor,” the victim was subsequently rushed to New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
