A brute is behind bars after allegedly viciously knifing a CVS worker to dying inside one of many pharmacy large’s Lengthy Island outposts on Christmas Day, police stated.
Edeedson Cine, 23, was stabbed within the chest by a violent maniac simply earlier than 7 p.m. — an hour earlier than closing — in a tragic slaying contained in the Lindenhurst CVS on Montauk Freeway, the place he had been working for the previous 10 months, police and retailer representatives stated.
Cine’s alleged killer, 43-year-old John Pilaccio, was arrested Friday evening, cops stated.
“We’re devastated over the tragic stabbing that occurred inside our East Montauk Freeway retailer on Christmas evening,” a spokesperson for CVS stated in an announcement to The Submit.
“Edeedson Cine was a valued member of the shop staff, identified for his robust work ethic — his loss can be felt by all of us,” the rep added, calling the West Babylon sufferer a hard-working and devoted worker.
First responders arrived on the retailer after receiving a 911 name in regards to the stabbing — and located a fatally injured Cine, who was then rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Heart in West Islip the place he was declared lifeless, police stated.
Pilaccio, solely described as a white man who seemed to be in his 40s, then ran off, main cops on an exhaustive search.
Officers have up to now supplied few particulars on what may have triggered the assault or stated whether or not the suspect and sufferer knew one another previous to the stabbing.
“Our ideas are with Edeedson’s household, buddies and colleagues throughout this tough time,” the CVS rep stated.
Pilacco was charged with second-degree homicide and can be arraigned Saturday at First District Court docket in Central Islip, police stated.
He’s being held on the division’s Third Precinct lockup.
