Ruben Martinez Campos
The recent announcement by Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah on the sentencing of Tyrese Shubrick for the stabbing murder of Yonkers resident and store owner Ruben Martinez Campos brought back the sadness that many in Yonkers felt two years ago.
The defendant, Tyrese Shubrick, 24, pleaded guilty on April 19 to Manslaughter in the First Degree, a felony.
On April 20, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., the defendant threatened the victim with a knife at his store on Main Street in Yonkers before taking a hat. When confronted by the victim outside of the store, the defendant used a knife to stab the victim two times in the chest. The victim’s wife witnessed the incident, which was also captured on surveillance video.The victim was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he died from his injuries.
During the investigation, the Yonkers Police Department identified, located, and arrested the defendant on April 21, 2021, at Elmsford Village Court, where he was appearing on another case. The knife was never recovered.
DA Rocah said: “Today, we have ensured a violent individual, who ruthlessly took the life of a man trying to protect his business and livelihood, is off our streets. Our thoughts are with Mr. Campos’s family and the Yonkers community.”
In a statement read in court, Mr. Campos’s wife said: “You senselessly took my love’s life without any reason in front of me…. This has been a nightmare from which I have not been able to wake up from…. He didn’t deserve what you did to him.”
The Mexican community in Yonkers has held memorials outside his clothing store to remember this hard working man. God Bless his family.
