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A New York City fishmonger was left bloodied and bruised after a fight between two brothers over stolen shrimp at the Harlem seafood market on Tuesday night.
Francisco Morales had his teeth knocked out during the ordeal – but his colleague Junior Aquino Hernandez quickly rushed to his defense, grabbing a fish knife and allegedly stabbed the two brothers.
Suspect Hernandez, 34, was arrested for fatally knifing one brother Malik Burrell, 25, and wounding the other, 29-year-old Robert ‘Bobby’ Burrell inside the Fish Express Fish Market – located on St. Nicholas Place near Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill.
Hernandez has been charged with murder, assault and weapons possession and on Thursday was awaiting his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Malik died from his wounds and Bobby was listed in stable condition, although he suffered a punctured lung and other injuries, his distraught father, Robert Burrell said.
Hernandez rushed to his co-worker Morales defense when he was getting beat up, saying it was ‘an accident’ and that he was ‘sorry.. and he didn’t mean to hurt anyone.’
![Fishmonger loses teeth in fight with brothers over stolen shrimp Fishmonger loses teeth in fight with brothers over stolen shrimp](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/24/01/68020649-11786871-Francisco_Morales_a_Seafood_store_worker_at_the_Fish_Express_Fis-a-1_1677203574331.jpg)
Francisco Morales, a Seafood store worker at the Fish Express Fish Market, shows the injuries he sustained during Tuesday night’s brawl that left one brother dead and another injured
![A close-up picture of Francisco Morales busted lip](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/24/00/68020653-11786871-image-a-39_1677197540816.jpg)
A close-up picture of Francisco Morales busted lip
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The suspect, Junior Aquino Hernandez, 34, is now charged with murder, assault and weapons possession said it was an accident. As he was waiting for his arraignment on Thursday, a glum looking Hernandez said he was ‘sorry,’ and said that ‘he didn’t mean to hurt anyone’
![The grisly scene where the stabbing took place at the Fish Express Fish Market on St. Nicholas Place near Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill around 9:45 pm on Tuesday night](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/23/23/68020893-11786871-image-a-36_1677195105494.jpg)
The grisly scene where the stabbing took place at the Fish Express Fish Market on St. Nicholas Place near Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill around 9:45 pm on Tuesday night
Hernandez stabbed each of the brothers in their torsos, police said.
They were rushed to Harlem Hospital, where Malik was pronounced dead and Bobby was listed in stable condition.
His devastated father said Tuesday – the day his son Malik died – was his birthday. ‘My babies!’ Burrell sobbed.
He said that his son, Bobby was at the fish market getting some shrimp so their grandmother to cook it for a celebration meal they were planning.
‘My sons were good kids, they ain’t get in no trouble, they not no hard criminals,’ Burrell told The New York Post. ‘I’m crushed man, I’m hurt. I can’t believe my boy was killed over some shrimps. They killed my baby on his birthday.’
He also denied that sons were try to steal from the store claiming that no one in the family needs to shoplift in order to get food.
The heartbroken father said that Malik was a high school football legend and had worked with him in his tire shop.
![Junior Aquino Hernandez appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/24/02/68022349-11786871-image-a-12_1677205060358.jpg)
Junior Aquino Hernandez appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court
![Cops inside the fish market after the fatal stabbing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/23/23/68020905-11786871-image-a-35_1677195094537.jpg)
Cops inside the fish market after the fatal stabbing
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Francisco Morales’ injuries
He said his son only moved to New York from Baltimore only a few weeks after he had broken up with his girlfriend. He said that his son did not have a criminal record and did not run with a bad crowd but was a good kid.
His other son, Bobby lives in New York, with his wife and their two children.
The deadly brawl began when one of the brothers tried to steal the seafood, police said, which was captured on the store’s security camera.
After the alleged robbery, the brothers left the store but later and fought with the worker, identified as Francisco Morales.
Police said Malik was the aggressor of the pair, The New York Post reported.
Pedro Laza, 60, of Harlem witness Bobby allegedly trying to steal. ‘The guy tried to stick a lobster down his pants,’ he told The Post.
He also said that he pulled shrimp out of his pants and as he attempted to return it the workers began wailing on him, Laza said.
A man he called ‘Junior’ then came out with a butcher knife and began stabbing him and didn’t stop.
‘Nobody stopped him stabbing,’ Laza said. ‘He was like a machine.’
The boy’s father said that that his son’s did not have any weapon. ‘They came at my sons with weapons. You see who’s dead and who’s bleeding in the hospital,’ Robert said. ‘They’re trying to cover for themselves.’
Zaimar Eusebio, mother of Bobby Burrell’s daughter, saw the heinous wounds Malik sustained. ‘His whole stomach was out,’ she said.
She said Malik was still alive and he was trying to talk on his phone when she arrived, and she was telling him, ‘keep your eyes open,’ as she wept.
![Suspect Hernandez, 34, was arrested for fatally knifing one brother Malik Burrell, 25, and wounding the other, 29-year-old Robert 'Bobby' Burrell](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/24/02/68020897-11786871-image-a-13_1677205065154.jpg)
Suspect Hernandez, 34, was arrested for fatally knifing one brother Malik Burrell, 25, and wounding the other, 29-year-old Robert ‘Bobby’ Burrell
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