A 38-year-old homeless man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a 51-year-old Queens man whose body was found on the pavement a few blocks from Penn Station over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday.
Vincent Cole was cuffed Monday night on a single second-degree murder charge in the death of Esan Benn. Two NYPD Detective Bureau sources say he was seen wearing similar clothing as the suspect in a wanted flyer and also had a similar bag.
A sharp object was recovered from Cole, the sources said, though it's not yet clear if the object was the one used to stab Benn, who was found around 5:30 a.m. Sunday on the sidewalk near West 38th Street and Seventh Avenue.
Benn was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. It was there that medical personnel determined he had been stabbed.
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It wasn't immediately clear if Cole had an attorney.
