It happened Saturday afternoon along West Fordham Road near Sedgwick Ave in University Heights.
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Police say the 59-year-old homeless man was standing outside a smoke shop when the manager of the store emerged carrying a stack of boxes.
Police say the man may have bumped the 59-year-old, who then picked a fight with the manager. They say he then took a swing at the manager, and another employee of the bodega put the 59-year-old into a chokehold and stabbed him in the neck.
The manager then took the victim's cane and started beating him with it.
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Police have arrested Vernon Gowdy, 54, and charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
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