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Rodriguez Balda was charged with murder in Angel Escalante Gamazo's death outside a Queens restaurant.
Jose L. Rodriguez Balda, 38, of Flushing, also reported as Jose Rodriguez Balda, is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the death of Angel Marcelo Escalante Gamazo, 48. The charges are accusations.
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A murder charge and a weapon-possession charge are accusations. They are not convictions. Patch reported the charge update on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, after earlier local reporting on the arrest. An argument, a stabbing allegation, and a hospital death are what the case alleges, and they still have to be proved.
Jose L. Rodriguez Balda, 38, of Flushing, also reported as Jose Rodriguez Balda, is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. He is accused of stabbing Angel Marcelo Escalante Gamazo, 48, after an argument outside Los Arrieros Restaurant on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, around 4 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2026. Escalante Gamazo was taken to Elmhurst Hospital and pronounced dead. An accusation of a stabbing after an argument, and a death at the hospital, are the reported case. They are not a conviction.
Patch reported the charge update on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Hoodline covered the arrest earlier. Investigators said Rodriguez Balda had no prior arrests in New York, according to Hoodline. A statement that he had no prior New York arrests is background from investigators. It is not a finding of guilt, and it is not a defense the court has decided. Rodriguez Balda is presumed innocent. The charges are accusations.
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