A maniac from Tennessee was arrested Wednesday for allegedly randomly killing a sleeping homeless man outdoors a Chinatown resort final month, in keeping with sources and police.
Shichun Lin, 58 — who sources stated can be homeless — allegedly stabbed a dozing Kan Shing Cheung, 68, a number of instances within the chest round 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 8.
Hours later, cops found Shing Cheung lifeless and mendacity face down in a pool of blood outdoors the Fairfield Inn and Suites on East Broadway and Pike Avenue round 8:15 a.m, sources informed The Submit.
Lin allegedly left the gory scene with a plastic bag tied round his waist and fled to his hometown in Bristol, Tenn., sources stated.
Police arrested him there this week.
Lin walked along with his head down and stated nothing as a pair of detectives led him out of the fifth Precinct to his arraignment Thursday morning.
He has one prior arrest for shoplifting in Queens in 2022, in keeping with sources.
Lin was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Courtroom on homicide costs and held with out bail.
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