Overview
- A dispute that started inside Sal's Deli in the East Village spilled onto the sidewalk late Saturday, where 28-year-old worker Abdul Saleh was shot in the torso and another 28-year-old man was wounded.
- Kavone Horton, 28, was charged Monday night from his hospital bed with murder, manslaughter, and weapon possession after a ricocheted bullet from his own gun injured him, according to police reports and law-enforcement sources.
- Both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where Saleh was pronounced dead and the other man was listed in stable condition, and the deli remains closed as mourners leave candles, flowers, and photos outside.
- The United Bodegas of America offered a $5,000 reward for tips and renewed its push for panic buttons that alert NYPD directly, noting roughly 450 have been installed so far out of about 25,000 small stores citywide.
- Neighbors described Saleh as a generous fixture who had just returned from visiting his wife and young children in Yemen, and police say the investigation remains active with no detailed public update from detectives yet.