The household of a younger girl gunned down at a Manhattan Burger King demanded justice Saturday as they thanked supporters at a makeshift memorial.
Kristal Bayron-Nieves, 19, was killed throughout a theft whereas working the evening shift final week.
Her mom, Kristie Nieves, 36, clutched an enormous teddy bear handed to her by a supporter. She got here to the crime scene, strolling distance from the household’s house, with a sister, brother-in-law and cousins.
She started chatting with reporters and well-wishers however didn't get far.
“Thanks everybody and everybody who supported me together with my household” she stated, rising more and more emotional. “The one factor I need is justice for my daughter. And possibly she will not be the primary one however I do hope she is the final one …”
Nieves then broke down, and was unable to proceed. A relative helped her again to the automotive through which she got here.
One in all Nieves’ kinfolk stated the household is assembly with attorneys to debate a potential lawsuit in opposition to Burger King.
Posters studying “Don’t Shoot I Wish to Develop Up!” and “Boycott Black Homicide – I Can’t Kill My Brother” and “Justice for Kristal” amongst others had been a part of a memorial of candles, flowers and stuffed animals exterior the Burger King.
The household, which moved to New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, lives simply 5 blocks away.
The younger girl, who had simply began working on the fast-food restaurant three weeks earlier than — and already needed off the late shift as a result of she was so scared — was fatally shot within the abdomen over $100 on Jan. 9, cops stated.
“We actually don’t have any security in right here. All of the Burger Kings have safety. They see how unhealthy it's in right here … they by no means bought safety for us in any respect,” co-worker Samantha Martinez informed The Put up. “I don’t actually assume they care about us.”
She stated Krystal’s colleagues don’t need to return to work on the East Harlem location the place she was so cruelly gunned down.
“I used to be on the cellphone together with her when she was gonna change her shift. I informed her to vary it as a result of that was my concern — me and her was the youngest ones in right here they usually have us working so late, nearly midnight,” Martinez stated.
Winston Glynn, 30, — who beforehand labored on the identical Burger King location — was arrested Friday and hit with first-degree homicide and theft expenses.
His rap sheet dates again to 2017, and features a November arrest for threatening a safety guard on the homeless shelter in Queens the place he was dwelling. Glynn was launched from jail on his personal recognizance after the incident as a result of the misdemeanor cost was not “bail eligible.”
The alleged sufferer in that case, for which Glynn is due in courtroom in March, declined to remark to The Put up Saturday.
A person who claimed he was Glynn’s roommate on the homeless shelter for a number of months stated he was shocked the person he knew as “Junior” may very well be able to homicide and known as him a “fairly stand-up man.”
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Brisco stated Glynn was “positively on medicine” together with “sleeping medication.”
“I do know he’s from Jamaica and he got here right here. He haven't any household actually,” Brisco stated. ” He was simply making an attempt to get out of right here together with his voucher. In the event that they helped him somewhat higher or sooner, he wouldn’t be within the scenario now. You may blame the shelter system for that in a method as a result of they aren't giving us what we want.”
A viewing and wake for Bayron-Nieves will happen at Manhattan Funeral Providers, 300 East 104th St. on Tuesday, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Her physique will then be taken to Puerto Rico for burial.
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