A CVS employee was brutally knifed to death inside one of the pharmacy giant’s Long Island outposts while working on Christmas Day — with his killer still on the loose Friday, Suffolk County police said.
Edeedson Cine, 23, was stabbed in the chest by a violent maniac just before 7 p.m. — an hour before closing — in a tragic slaying inside the Lindenhurst CVS on Montauk Highway, where he had been working for the past 10 months, police and store representatives said.
“We’re devastated over the tragic stabbing that occurred inside our East Montauk Highway store on Christmas night,” a spokesperson for CVS said in a statement to The Post.
“Edeedson Cine was a valued member of the store team, known for his strong work ethic — his loss will be felt by all of us,” the rep added, calling him a hard-working and dedicated employee.
First responders arrived at the store after receiving a 911 call about the stabbing — and found a fatally injured Cine, who was then rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was declared dead, police said.
The killer, only described as a white man who appeared to be in his 40s, ran off and had yet to be caught as of Friday afternoon, police confirmed.
Officials have so far offered few details on what could have triggered the attack or said whether the suspect and victim knew each other prior to the stabbing.
“Our thoughts are with Edeedson’s family, friends and colleagues during this difficult time,” the CVS rep said.
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