Roland Codrington, 35, is now facing several charges including murder and attempted murder.
According to investigators, the victim had just left a nearby bar and was walking on Avenue A around 1 a.m. when video shows Codrington approach him.A brief dispute occurs and then Codrington pulls out a knife and slashes the victim across the neck.Police say neither witness statements nor video evidence indicated any prior incidents at the bar.Three days later, on December 22, police say Codrington entered a bar on 2nd Avenue in East Harlem around 11:30 p.m. with a pit bull and a baseball bat.
Investigators say he went behind the bar where he choked a female bartender when the baseball bat and destroyed property.The 35-year-old was stabbed in the chest and back while the 31-year-old male was stabbed in the back.Codrington fled the scene, but witnesses were able to identify him as he's a regular at the bar.
Just a few hours later, around 2:15 a.m. December 23, officers found 60-year-old Bruce Maurice Henry stabbed to death inside Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem. Investigators found video from near the park that showed a man and a woman getting into Henry's black Mercedes Benz.Police say the woman seen with Codrington during the first fatal stabbing and again entering Henry's car is his girlfriend.MORE NEWS:
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