“He was about to give up because he didn’t have a gun, so he went into the [police] car,” said stunned witness Taz Smith, 35, of East Flatbush. “The guy looked like he was on ...

For nearly three hours Monday, Taiseer “Taz” Zarka took the stand to defend ... prosecutors dismissed Zarka’s fear of a gun as a manufactured excuse. They argued instead that the shopkeeper ...

Knudsen told jurors Zarka was acting in self-defense and believed Garrity had a gun on him. Taiseer “Taz” Zarka is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of customer Mark ...