CVS clerk who was filling in for a friend for the holidays was fatally stabbed after confronting a man who tried to rob him: Police

A New York antheral was arrested successful transportation with a fatal Christmas Day stabbing that took spot astatine a section cause store.

John Pilaccio, 43, is being held without enslaved aft being charged with second-degree murder. According to the Suffolk County Police Department, 23-year-old Edeedson "Eddy" Cine was moving astatine a CVS store successful Lindenhurst, New York, connected the evening of Dec. 25. Just earlier 7 p.m., Cine was down the antagonistic erstwhile a man, aboriginal identified arsenic Pilaccio, allegedly stabbed the employee successful the thorax earlier fleeing connected foot.

Cine was taken to a adjacent infirmary wherever helium was pronounced dead.

According to reporting by section ABC affiliate WABC, constabulary said witnesses identified Pilaccio arsenic the antheral who allegedly attacked Cine astatine CVS. Surveillance cameras wrong the store captured Pilaccio walking astir the store earlier approaching Cine. Pilaccio was past seen allegedly "violently lunging astatine [Cine] with a weapon and stabbing him successful the chest." Pilaccio past allegedly jumped implicit the antagonistic and continued attacking Cine earlier moving retired of the store.

Authorities said that Pilaccio was tracked down to his home, wherever helium was arrested connected Friday without incident.

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Local quality presumption News 12 Long Island was in the courtroom erstwhile Pilaccio was arraigned connected Saturday. Court documents obtained by the outlet stated that the 2 men were strangers, and Pilaccio's alleged information was money. According to police, Pilaccio confessed to the stabbing and said that helium was successful indebtedness and intended to rob the store. Pilaccio told constabulary that Cine refused to comply with his orders.

News 12 Long Island spoke with Cine's brother, who told the presumption that Cine was not scheduled to enactment connected the nighttime helium died. He was filling successful for a friend's displacement connected Christmas night. In a GoFundMe campaign benefiting Cine's family, a comparative wrote, "He had a fierce bosom for service, and his emotion for his household and friends was unwavering. That emotion volition proceed to unrecorded connected done each who were blessed to cognize him."

Pilaccio was charged with second-degree murder. He remains successful custody astatine Suffolk County's Third Precinct, wherever helium is being held without bond. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Dec. 31.