Overview
- The fatal stabbing, which occurred Monday near West 43rd Street by Times Square, left 39-year-old Leonides Baez dead at a nearby hospital.
- Police arrested Jayden Sanchez, 17, who was arraigned on murder, assault, and weapon charges and ordered held without bail.
- A criminal complaint says video shows Sanchez with two others waking Baez as he slept on the sidewalk, then chasing and stabbing him.
- Detectives linked the suspect to the footage after a school safety officer who knew him identified the hairstyle and clothing.
- Officials say he told investigators the attack was part of a social media trend, a claim he later denied while asserting self-defense, and court papers link him to two other recent stabbings.