A beloved Brooklyn liquor store clerk gunned down last week knew the ex-con accused of killing him.
Eion Klass, charged with the murder on Wednesday, used to smoke cigarettes with Yoseph Robinson and lived just three doors down from the crime scene. “He liked Yoseph,” said Emre Erkan, the super of the building on Nostrand Ave. where Klass lived with his girlfriend.
Abraham Silverberg, 45, of Brooklyn, said the shooter used to come into the liquor store where Robinson worked every Thursday night for winetasting.
“We’re so shocked. We can’t believe this is the same man,” Silverberg said.
Klass was a desperate man, said Joseph Walcott, 38, who saw Klass before the shooting.
“He was going through some things,” Walcott said. “He said he needed money. I saw him downstairs smoking, looking real stressed. Then I heard about the shooting and waslike, ‘Damn, my boy might have done that.'”
(Source: NY Daily News)
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If he was friends with him then why did he kill him?
Hi Moderator,
Just a suggestion. The quote that you put in from Walcott at the end of this article should probably be edited a bit. Although commonly accepted by the world as everyday lingo, we Jews should strive for more.
Am I wrong?
Keep up the great work. Not blaming you. Your job is probably hard enough as it is.
Shkoyach and Tizku L’Mitzvos!
With friend’s like these, who needs enemies?
“If he was friends with him then why did he kill him?”
Thats a racist question!
/sarcasm off…
1, dont you always kill your friends??
#1 duh. Could it be because Youseph recognized his voice? When looking at the video Youseph is not trying to get the gun as all the media said. Youseph was initially pushing away the gun and the second time he tried grabbing it because he knew the person by recognizing his voice and that is why the bum shot him. leave no witnesses behind. There is more to the story but police will not reveal a thing. The police do not want to ruin an investigation by saying too much.
jwebb, perhaps it was jealousy. Perhaps the killer envied his his standing in the community, his popularity and determination to succeed and his success. Yoseph was beloved by all who knew him and had a very powerful message.
Maybe he thought Yoseph was such a gentle soul he would have no problem getting the money without a fight and it would be an easy escape. He misjudged and he has to suffer the consequences not only of killing someone but of killing a friend, and for this he will be haunted for the rest of his life.
Maybe this is Hashem’s statement to people like him, think before you take a life, because the life you take my affect you more than the crime you commit.