CHRIS JOSE, NEWS 4 NEW YORK.
>> CHRIS, THANK YOU.
>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW ON
TUESDAY’S DEADLY STABBING
OUTSIDE A QUEENS BODEGA, ONE
WHICH INVESTIGATORS SAY STARTED
WITH THE THEFT OF A SINGLE BEER.
TONIGHT, NEWS 4’S CHECKEY
BECKFORD STAT DOWN WITH THE
PARENTS OF THE SUSPECTED
SHOPLIFTER, WHO EXPLAIN WHY THEY
DON’T WANT TO HE ZOO THE
SUSPECTED KILLER END UP BEHIND
BARS.
>> Reporter: DYLAN MARINO’S
FATHER AND MOTHER ARE PREPARING
TO BURY THEIR ONLY CHILD. >> MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND, WE’RE
BURYING MY SON.
IT’S NOT RIGHT.
>> Reporter: MARINO DIED TUESDAY
AFTER POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO
STEAL A BEER FROM THIS REGO PARK
BODEGA.
THE BODEGA ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
CLERK CHASED HIM OUTSIDE TO GET
IT BACK, AND DURING A SCUFFLE, STABBED THE 21-YEAR-OLD.
>> MY CHILD WAS MURDERED BY A
BODEGA EMPLOYEE OVER ONE BEER.
>> Reporter: THE CLERK WAS
ARRESTED BUT RELEASED WHILE
PROSECUTORS SAY THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
THE BODEGA ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
CLERK ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
>> IT’S CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT
THIS MAN WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF,
AND HIS LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN
TAKEN AWAY.
>> Reporter: THE.
>> HE WAS PURSUED BY A BODEGA
EMPLOYEE OUTSIDE THE STORE.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY 100% NOT
SELF-DEFENSE.
THIS TAPE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.
>> Reporter: WE VIEWED THE VIDEO
SHE’S REFERRING TO, SHOWING WHAT
APPEARS TO BE THE CLERK FIRST
CHASING MARINO, THEN MARINO
CHASING THE CLERK INTO THE
STREET.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED
BEFORE MARINO IS STABBED.
NEWS 4 HAS NOT INDEPENDENTLY
VERIFIED THE VIDEO.
FORMER PROSECUTOR MICHAEL
BOCHNER.
>> IF MR. MARINO WAS CHOKING THE
CLERK OR USING AGGRESSION
AGAINST HIM, AND THE CLERK
BELIEVED HE NEEDED TO USE DEADLY
PHYSICAL FORCE TO PROTECT
HIMSELF, NO JURY IN THE WORLD
WOULD CONVICT.
>> Reporter: SHE IS CONFIDENT
THE CLERK WILL BE CHARGED IN HER
SON’S MURDER, BUT IT’S WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THAT MAY SURPRISE
YOU.
>> I DO NOT WANT HIM TO BE
INCARCERATED.
I KNOW THAT WILL RUIN HIS LIFE.
>> Reporter: INSAID, SHE WANTS
HER SON’S DEATH TO NOT HAVE BEEN
IN VAIN.
>> RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS WHEN
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE
VICTIM AND THE PERPETRATOR, AND
THE PERPETRATOR’S RELATIVES COME
TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THE
SITUATION.
NO ONE SHOULD BE INCARCERATED.
IT IS A HUMAN ATROCITY.
>> Reporter: MARINO’S FUNERAL IS
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
HIS FAMILY HAS STARTED A
GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP PAY FOR
EXPENSES.
HIS MOTHER IS ALSO INVITING
FORMER RIKERS INMATES WHO SHE