Suspect Charged in Yonkers Man’s Stabbing Death

Police arrested a Yonkers man in the fatal stabbing of Elliot Paulino of Yonkers outside a bar in Midtown Manhattan.

Twenty-year-old Atdhe Gashi was arrested Sunday on charges of second-degree murder in Paulino's death. A man who answered the phone at Gashi's home and identified himself as a relative said Gashi had surrendered to authorities.

Police say Paulino was found stabbed twice in the torso outside the Playwright Tavern on 49th Street early Saturday morning.  They say the 25-year-old had been in a dispute, but couldn't say if more than one person was involved.

Paulino was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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