{"id":92490,"date":"2026-01-07T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/92490\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:32:28","slug":"bronx-stabbing-suspect-accused-of-murdering-victim-near-pizzeria-had-15-prior-arrests-sources-say-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/92490\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx stabbing suspect accused of murdering victim near pizzeria had 15 prior arrests, sources say \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767803548_660_33-26-Homicide-40-Pct-1-5-2026_-Photo.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Person of interest who stabbed man to death in the Bronx\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx stabbing suspect accused of murdering victim near pizzeria had 15 prior arrests, sources say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in the Bronx are on the hunt for the suspect who stabbed a man to death during\u00a0a broad daylight attack outside a pizzeria on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/bronx-man-stabbed-dead-pizzeria-01052026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The suspect accused of stabbing a man<\/a> to death in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> in the city\u2019s second homicide of the year has a lengthy rap sheet, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Jones, 38, of Clinton Avenue in the Bronx, was taken into custody on Tuesday after following a video canvas by detectives, sources close to the case told amNewYork. Jones had 15 prior arrests that consisted mostly of robberies, the sources noted.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was wanted for the killing of 53-year-old George Ennin outside of Daisy\u2019s Pizza at 3077 3rd Ave. in Melrose, just blocks away from the victim\u2019s home, at around 2 p.m. on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the incident report that Jones allegedly approached Ennin and started to kick him before brandishing a sharp object and stabbing him in the neck, chin, face, and abdomen. <\/p>\n<p>They are believed to have been strangers to one another, according to sources. The motive for the stabbing remains under investigation.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd40pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">40th Precinct<\/a> responded to the incident. EMS rushed Ennin to Lincoln Hospital, where he could not be saved and was pronounced dead. <\/p>\n<p>The stabbing marked the second homicide of the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>Jones has been charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives in the Bronx are on the hunt for the suspect who stabbed a man to death during\u00a0a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[43724,128,43725,2803,1027,9,24,63,613,260,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-92490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-40th-precinct","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-bronx-arrest","11":"tag-court","12":"tag-homicide","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-pm-newsletter","17":"tag-stabbing","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","20":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}