{"id":248990,"date":"2026-05-30T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/248990\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T21:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:26:40","slug":"man-arrested-in-deadly-stabbing-outside-brooklyn-market-argues-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/248990\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in deadly stabbing outside Brooklyn market argues self-defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man who was arrested in a deadly stabbing outside a Brooklyn food market<\/a> claimed the incident was in self-defense, accusing the victim of attempting to steal his phone, the suspect\u2019s defense attorney said Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jose Tucubal Morales, 25, arrived at his arraignment at Brooklyn Criminal Court with a bandage covering his right hand. Prosecutors say he fatally stabbed David Martinez, 36,<\/a> and slashed a second 36-year-old man after getting into a dispute with them.<\/p>\n

The three men were standing outside the store in Sunset Park drinking beer just before 5 a.m. when trouble began. According to prosecutors, Morales accused the pair of recording him with a cell phone, then promptly broke the phone. Morales then called his brother, who came over and handed him a knife, with which he attacked his two rivals, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

However, Morales\u2019 attorney, Andrew Friedman, said, \u201cThe defense maintains very strongly that my client was acting in self-defense. That these two individuals were trying to rob him of my client\u2019s phone. It was two-against-one. My client, who is 25 years old, has never been in trouble before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice investigate after a 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed and a second man was slashed on 6th Ave. near 50th St. in Sunset Park, Brooklyn early Thursday, May 28, 2026. The suspect, who was also injured in the clash, left a blood trail down 6th Ave. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Following his arraignment, Morales was ordered held without bail by Judge Herbert Moses, denying Friedman\u2019s request for bail to be set.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a situation where it\u2019s 5 o\u2019clock in the morning,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cMy client is confronted by two strangers who are wishing to rob him. I know the video will tell \u2014 and I\u2019m not in receipt of those obviously yet \u2014 but my client\u2019s statement, his representation to me certainly does have the ring of truth,\u201d the attorney said.<\/p>\n

Martinez was stabbed twice in the back and once in the chest outside City Fresh Market, a 24-hour grocery store on Sixth Ave. near 50th St., around 4:55 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The wounded victim was slashed in the face.<\/p>\n

Medics rushed both victims to\u00a0NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn<\/a>, where Martinez died. The victim wounded in the face is expected to survive.<\/p>\n

A blood trail led police to Morales\u2019 home nearby, where he was arrested with visible cuts to his right hand and fingers, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

\"PoliceA blood trail led police to Morales’ home where he was arrested with visible cuts to his right hand and fingers, prosecutors said. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

He was arrested Friday and charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.<\/p>\n

Martinez lived about three blocks from the grocery store where the stabbing occurred, and just around the corner from his alleged killer, cops said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man who was arrested in a deadly stabbing outside a Brooklyn food market claimed the incident was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-248990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248990","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=248990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}