The unidentified intruder was trying to steal from the BP station shop on Westchester Square near East Tremont Avenue around 1 a.m. Sunday when the worker, a 25-year-old man, stepped in to stop him, police said. The enraged man then pulled out a knife and stabbed the employee in his neck, arm and head, authorities said.
United Bodegas of America is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect - noting that the heinous attack came only 10 days after a 29-year-old mother was stabbed to death during a broad-daylight feud inside a deli in the same borough.
Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the bodega workers' group, condemned the recent attacks, lamenting that 'bodegas are under siege, and our communities are suffering.' He emphasized that 'Ms. Guyton's death and this recent stabbing are part of a larger crisis, and we must act now to stop this violence.'
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