Brighton Beach Man Convicted Of Cold-Blooded 2014 Murder

A Brighton Beach man was convicted yesterday of a 2014 murder that took place on Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 5th Street, according to the acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

Jonathan Mansilla, 26, tried to start a fight with the victim, Alberto Munive-Torres, 27, at the intersection at around 2:30am on June 27, 2014. However, Munive-Torres wanted nothing to do with the altercation and tried to remove himself from the situation.

Munive-Torres fled from the conflict on a bicycle, and Mansilla chased him down, according to the acting DA. When Mansilla ran towards the fleeing Munive-Torres, he pulled a knife from his waistband, reached around Munive-Torres and stabbed him once in the chest, according to the acting DA.

After he was stabbed, Munive-Torres tried to continue riding his bike to safety but eventually succumbed to the wound, and fell to the ground. Once he hit the ground, Mansilla pounced and began kicking Munive-Torres in the face and head, according to the acting DA.

“This defendant provoked a fight and then stabbed the victim as he tried to escape,” said Gonzalez of the cold-blooded murder. “Senseless acts of violence will not be tolerated in Brooklyn and this defendant has now been held accountable for taking a young man’s life.”

Mansilla was arrested a few blocks away about 20 minutes after the stabbing, according to the acting DA. There were blood stains on his shirt, and the blood came from Munive-Torres, according to trial testimony.

The medical examiner later determined that the cause of Munive-Torres’ death was the single stab wound to the chest. The kicks to his head and face were merely extra brutality.

Mansilla faces 25 years to life in prison and will be sentenced on November 7.