Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson now is investigating just that, if the tragic shooting of Bodega worker Reynaldo Cuevas was an accident or murder by a police officer that Cuevas ran into while fleeing a robbery that was taking place in the bodega he worked. High profile lawyer Sandford Rubenstein has been brought in to help the family get answers as there are daily vigils outside the bodega on the corner of Franklin Avenue and East 167th Street.
On Saturday over 150 people marched to the 42nd Precinct to demand action by the police department in what the family believes was murder. They believe that the police department is trying to cover this up, and also say that a surveillance tape of the shooting has been edited already by the police department. Mr. Jose Padilla a community activist who is well known in the community, (and a candidate for the 79th assembly in the November election) has called for action by Bronx Legislatures not defense of the police departments "Stop and Frisk" policy he says that current 79th Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is doing.
Left - Candles sit in front of the bodega where Reynaldo Cuevas died.
Right - Friends and family also have t-shirt with Reynaldo's photo on them as a remembrance.
Rev. Que English President of the Bronx Criminal Justice Roundtable Inc. conducts a prayer vigil Sunday night.
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