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Bodega Worker Stabbed Trying to Stop Shoplifters
Shoplifters Stab Worker During Grocery Store Robbery on Malcolm X Boulevard The NYPD is searching for five males who shoplifted a store in Harlem. Cops said one of the shoplifters stabbed a bodega worker who tried to stop them. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice March 17, 2024 MANHATTAN - A Manhattan bodega worker is recovering after being stabbed in the abdomen when he tried to stop a group of shoplifters, the NYPD said. At around 3 pm on March 12, a 35-year-old employee was working inside a bodega at 701 Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard). Cops said five males walked into the store and started removing soda, chips and cakes from the store shelves without paying. The group then tried to leave the store, but the clerk chased after them and cornered one of the group. Cops said as the clerk argued with one of the shoplifters, the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the worker in the abdomen. As the employee slumped over trying to stop the...
