{"id":212606,"date":"2026-04-28T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212606\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:44:09","slug":"final-heartbreaking-words-of-nyc-deli-worker-as-he-bled-to-death-in-his-brothers-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212606\/","title":{"rendered":"Final, heartbreaking words of NYC deli worker as he bled to death in his brother&#8217;s arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/us-news\/man-shot-dead-as-argument-erupts-at-deli-in-nycs-alphabet-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Big Apple deli worker<\/a> gunned down outside his family\u2019s bodega after a late-night scuffle with a known menace\u00a0had tragically begged his brother to take care of his kids as he bled to death in his arms.<\/p>\n<p>Father of two Abdul Saleh, 28,\u00a0uttered the final heartbreaking words to his sibling just moments after he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/27\/us-news\/slain-nyc-deli-worker-voiced-fear-of-spiking-violence-year-before-he-was-shot-outside-store\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took a bullet outside Sal\u2019s Deli and Grocery<\/a> in East Village late Saturday night, a grieving relative told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore he died, he said, \u2018Just take care of my kids,&#8217;\u201d Saleh\u2019s heartbroken cousin,\u00a0Basam Hussain,\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Saleh, a worker at Sal\u2019s Deli and Grocery in Alphabet City, was gunned down on Saturday night. WABC<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what he tell him, \u2018Just take care of my kids.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saleh had only just returned from a trip to Yemen to his visit his wife, 3-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son before the senseless murder, his cousin said. <\/p>\n<p>He had met his son for the first time on that trip.  <\/p>\n<p>Then, 24 hours after touching back down in the US, Saleh was gunned down. <\/p>\n<p>Saleh begged his brother to care for his two small children in the moments before he died.  Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>He had been working a shift at the family-run store when the alleged gunman, Kavone Horton, 28 \u2014 who had previously stolen from the store and harassed workers there \u2014 came in at about 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The problem patron allegedly opened fire after an argument spilled out onto the street, cops said. <\/p>\n<p>A memorial for Abdul Saleh outside Sal\u2019s Deli and Grocery in Manhattan on April 27, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Saleh suffered a gunshot wound to the torso and was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.  <\/p>\n<p>The alleged gunman was wounded, too, when one of his bullets ricocheted and struck him, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Mia Safanda (right) and Vito DiTomaso placing a sign and photos of Saleh at the memorial. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>A loved one of Saleh placing flowers at the memorial. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The horror slaying unfolded after workers at the deli had already filed a slew of police reports about the suspect\u2019s history of menacing behavior, the victim\u2019s cousin said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019d want stuff for free,\u201d Hussain claimed. \u201cTake, grab, and go, and always try to fight with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horton has since been charged with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0Big Apple deli worker gunned down outside his family\u2019s bodega after a late-night scuffle with a known menace\u00a0had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[68399,275,303,7624,57,238,9,56,63,65,64,3980,58],"class_list":["post-212606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-alphabet-city","tag-bodega","tag-crime","tag-east-village","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}