In the spring of 2011, a local Buffalo community was shaken by the violent death of Ali Hababi, a well-regarded male deli owner. On a Friday evening in early May, tragedy struck at the Union Supermarket, a corner store situated at Masten and Riley Avenues on the city's East Side. It was there that Hababi was fatally shot in what authorities believed was a robbery attempt that had taken a tragic turn.
The news of Hababi's death sent ripples of sorrow through the neighborhood where he was k
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