In the quiet borough of Brooklyn, an evening in December turned tragic for Abdulla Yafaee, an 80-year-old male shop owner of Yemeni descent. On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, inside the East New York bodega he owned, a dispute over a mere fifty cents for a two-dollar beer would escalate into a fatal encounter. A man, unable to complete his purchase, reportedly became enraged and threatened to return and cause harm.
Later that same evening, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the threat materialized.
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