A clerk at a Bronx bodega who was charged with second-degree murder as he was fending off an attack from a violent ex-convict appeared to have been trying to diffuse the situation before it escalated.
Jose Alba, 61, was seen stabbing 35-year-old Austin Simon after Simon went behind the counter and pushed the clerk into a wall. Alba is seen sitting against the wall as Simon berates him and makes menacing gestures toward him.
Moments later, Alba tries to move away from the wall before Simon appears to grab him. Abla is seen producing a knife before stabbing Simon several times, killing him….