The accused of killing the Puerto Rican cashier Kristal Bayron Nieves in the middle of a robbery at a Burger King in East Harlem, in Manhattan, last Sunday is of Jamaican origin and lived destitute or without a stable home.
Winston Glynn, of 30 years old, was charged this Friday with charges of first-degree murder, robbery, and possession and use of firearms to commit a crime after allegedly shooting the young woman from 19 years after she gave him a $100 bill.
The events were reported around 12: 45 am at the premises, located at 116 Street and Lexington Avenue .
The New York Post report indicates that Glynn’s address is a Queens Days Inn hotel that serves as a homeless shelter.
The suspect, q that some media have identified as undocumented, was also an employee of Burger King, but not in the premises where he allegedly broke into to commit the robbery.
NYPD reviewed surveillance video and social media to locate suspect
The authorities were able to arrest the man after reviewing surveillance camera videos and conducting multiple interviews with witnesses.
The defendant’s publications on social networks also linked him to the crime, since in some he appeared with the same clothes he was wearing at the time of the events, according to police sources told the newspaper.
After gaining access to the fast food establishment, the suspect pointed the gun at a customer before hitting the manager in the face. Another client was in the space.
It was then that he asked the young woman to give him money from the cash register, as can be seen in videos from surveillance cameras inside the place.
“Give me the cash!”, the thief would have demanded of Bayron-Nieves while pointing the gun at her.
“She was having trouble opening the drawer” , recounted a source. When he succeeded, he handed money to the intruder. However, instead of leaving the space, the offender shot the victim in the torso.
“When she looked at him, he lowered the gun,” the source added. “When she looked away, he shot her,” the person detailed.
Glynn has a history of several arrests including one for threats with a weapon at a shelter in Jamaica, Queens, where he resided.
Just three weeks ago the Puerto Rican had started working at Burger King in order to save money to buy a car . The young woman lived with her mother and her brother 14 years old, with whom she had moved to New York about two years ago.
However, the girl stated that she felt insecure during the night shift that she had been assigned due to the presence of homeless people in the surroundings, so he asked the management to change his shift. The Sunday that she was shot was supposed to be the last that Kristal would work at dawn.
Kristal’s wake is expected to take place next Thursday. His relatives opened a GoFundMe account to collect funds to move the body to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, for burial.
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