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Police Arrest 50-Year-Old After 69-Year-Old Is Fatally Stabbed in Manhattan’s Chinatown

Authorities say the suspect, who lives nearby, faces a murder charge.

Overview

  • Police say the stabbing occurred just before 4 p.m. Saturday inside a building on Eldridge Street near Division Street in the Chinatown/Lower East Side area.
  • The victim suffered a stab wound to the back and was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, with his identity withheld pending family notification.
  • NYPD arrested Feizhon Zheng, 50, in connection with the killing, and his arraignment on a murder charge is pending in Manhattan Criminal Court.
  • Investigators have not identified a motive and have released no further details about the circumstances of the attack.
  • Initial reports varied on whether anyone was in custody, but updated accounts now confirm an arrest in the case.