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NYC fishmonger says melee could

have been avoided if victim ‘wasn’t
stealing’
By Georgett Roberts and Dean Balsamini February 25, 2023 7:54pm Updated

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Francisco Morales, 38, who was hurt during the melee, said the deadly incident could have been avoided.
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“Isaw what he was doing. He was stealing. If he wasn’t 39,368
stealing, nothing would have happened,” injured worker
Francisco Morales told The Post of the man accused of
trying to rob the store.
Morales, 38, was hurt during Tuesday’s chaos at the Fish
Express Fish Mart, when Robert “Bobby” Burrell, and his
brother, Malik, allegedly entered the store to steal shrimp and
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Another worker, Junior Hernandez, intervened and ultimately
stabbed the Burrell brothers, killing the 25-year-old Malik, 35,262
authorities said.

Hernandez was initially charged with murder , but the charges were quickly reduced to assault. The move
mirrors the case of bodega worker Jose Alba, who fatally stabbed an ex-con attacking him in Hamilton
Heights in July and was initially charged with murder.

Bobby Burrell, 29, who was injured when Hernandez came to Morales’ aid, was charged with felony
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burglary and arraigned in his bed at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan Friday. He was released shortly illnesses after toxic train derailment
thereafter, his father told The Post before declining further comment.

“I want him to go to jail. He came in to fight,” Morales said.

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Hernandez expressed remorse for the fatal encounter.

“Ifeel bad about the case because that guy has a family, too. I feel okay with my family,i but I still feel
down because someone passed away. I am not proud of what I did — 100%. I think about that all the
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The wife of Junior Hernandez is calling for the DA to drop the charges against her husband.
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Morales said that he wants alleged attacker Bobby Burrell to go to prison for the attack.
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Hernandez’s wife said, “there is still a dark cloud hanging over our heads,” and she will not rest until her
husband is completely cleared.

“Iwant the rest of the charges dropped. It was self defense and I hope they [the District Attorney’s office]
see it that way, too,” Estephanie Reyes said. “No one should have to go through that while they are at
work where they should feel safe.”

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