CCTV reveals final moments of food delivery rider Jianming Feng before fatal Melbourne stabbing

Food delivery rider Jianming Feng was smiling and chatting with restaurant staff moments before he was allegedly fatally stabbed in Melbourne, with CCTV revealing how quickly the tragedy unfolded.

Less than three minutes after stepping outside to check on his bike, the 47-year-old father-of-two returned mortally wounded.

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Feng had parked his bike next to another rider’s outside Chongqing Chicken Pot City on Frederick Way to collect an order on Friday night, in what began as an ordinary shift.

As he waited for his order, he struck up a conversation with a female employee, asking whether the restaurant was still serving its signature chicken hotpot.

“I don’t think I’ve ever tried your chicken pot before, or picked up an order for it,” he told her.

Those would be among his final words before the deadly confrontation, the restaurant’s owner told 7NEWS.com.au, recounting what was captured on CCTV.

The owner, who asked not to be identified, said it was an unusually quiet Friday night, with no customers inside — just three staff members and two HungryPanda delivery riders: Feng and a 34-year-old man.

A CCTV screenshot obtained by 7NEWS.com.au shows Feng smiling as he chats with the other rider at 8.03pm, just seconds before the pair rushed outside at 8.04pm after noticing a man had allegedly kicked over their bikes.

‘Everything was turned upside down’

“The CCTV shows they were outside for just two minutes before coming back in,” the owner said.

“And then, well, everyone knows what happened next … Everything was turned upside down.”

An altercation allegedly broke out between the riders and the man, with part of the confrontation filmed by witness Yicong Chen.

The footage shows two riders wearing HungryPanda uniforms confronting a man dressed in a black jacket and jeans near two buses.

At 8.07pm, both riders returned to the restaurant, where Feng was still trying to collect food for delivery.

CCTV reviewed by the owner shows Feng approaching the counter and pushing in a chair before making his way to a corner near a fridge, where he sat down on the floor.

“He must have begun feeling unwell,” the owner said. 

“He literally found a corner in the restaurant and walked there himself, without anyone’s help.”

The other rider initially appeared relatively calm, but began to panic when he saw Feng’s condition deteriorating.

“He wasn’t panicking at first, but when he saw [Feng] sitting in the corner looking very unwell, that’s when he started to panic,” the owner said.

Witnesses poured into the restaurant to help

The owner recalled the other rider asking for tissues and urging staff to call an ambulance.

The situation quickly became chaotic as witnesses to the altercation poured into the restaurant to help.

Among them was a woman who appeared to have some first aid knowledge and began asking staff for scissors. 

“Some people were asking for tissues, others wanted scissors, and people were asking if an ambulance had been called or what had happened,” the owner said.

“More and more people were coming in, and it became increasingly chaotic.”

It was then that the injured 34-year-old rider told those gathered that the pair had been stabbed.

The owner, who was not present at the time, said employees called triple-0 while trying to assist the injured men and respond to requests from bystanders.

According to the owner’s review of the CCTV, police arrived at about 8.12pm, five minutes after the riders returned.

CPR was performed on Feng, but he could not be saved.

Emotional toll on staff 

The owner said they rushed to the scene after learning what had happened, before speaking to police and providing investigators with CCTV footage.

They were then locked out of the workplace while police established a crime scene.

Later that night, the owner visited the employees, bringing them food and staying with them until almost 4am.

The owner said staff struggled to process what had happened.

“How can a living, breathing person suddenly be gone like that?” one employee said, according to the owner.

The owner said Feng was a familiar face at the restaurant, with staff regularly seeing him collect orders.

“We saw them every day, especially Feng … I used to see him when I was working the late shift, and I’d see him at lunchtime too,” the owner said. 

“It felt like I was always running into him. He was someone I saw all the time.”

Feng’s death has also left employees struggling to return to their normal routines.

The owner said one employee who witnessed the incident was so traumatised that she booked a flight back to China the following day.

Another employee has struggled to enter the restaurant’s storeroom because she must walk past the corner where Feng died.

“Every time we walk past that corner, we’ll think of him being there,” they said.

“It’s heartbreaking. His life ended there that day.”

Restaurant struggles with aftermath

When police released the crime scene the following day, the owner returned to clean the restaurant despite being exhausted, having slept little and only managed to eat around midday.

The owner said small drops of blood marked Feng’s movements from the entrance to the counter and then to the corner where he collapsed.

“I planned to clean everything up myself, piece by piece. I couldn’t bring myself to ask the staff coming in the next day to do it,” the owner said.

“They had only just lived through the entire incident the day before and witnessed everything from start to finish.

“How could I then ask them to clean up the blood?”

The owner eventually enlisted the help of another employee who had not been working on Friday night after realising they could not face the task alone.

“I thought I would be able to cope with it, but when the time came, I realised I simply couldn’t,” the owner said. 

“Every time you think about that spot, you’re reminded that that’s where his life ended.”

The restaurant has also suffered financially, with the owner estimating trade on Sunday was down 40 to 50 per cent compared with the previous Sunday.

The owner is now considering changes to the restaurant’s interior, including replacing or moving fixtures, to help employees cope with returning to work.

“Of course it costs money, but what choice do we have? If the staff have to look at it every day, the psychological pressure will only keep building. It’ll just get heavier and heavier,” they said. 

“If spending money can help them feel better, then it’s worth doing.”

The owner also plans to hold a traditional Buddhist memorial for Feng, hoping to help him find peace and return home in spirit.

Feng had not returned to his hometown in China’s Shaanxi Province since arriving in Australia about nine years ago.

He had been working to support his wife, 26-year-old daughter, 24-year-old son, and elderly parents back home.

His wife, 52-year-old Xu, previously told 7NEWS.com.au he had hoped to return to China in another year or two, possibly after their son married.

Roberto Urbano, 51, has been charged with murder and intentionally causing serious injury over the incident.

He appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Monday, where he pulled down his pants and exposed himself before the link was cut.

His lawyer told the court Urbano experiences schizophrenia and requested an assessment by a custody nurse.

Urbano is due to return to court on April 26, 2027.