Photo courtesy of the Red Bulls
Michael Jones, a part-time coach in the Red Bulls' youth training program, was slashed to death near Union Square in Manhattan. He was 25.?
A slasher slit the throat and cut off the ear of a 25-year-old man near Union Square early Sunday morning, leaving him to bleed to death on the pavement.
Michael Jones, of upstate Harrison, was in front of the Levi?s store on W. 14th St. at 4:30 a.m. when he was viciously slashed in the neck and torso, cops and witnesses said.
The victim?s sister told police she was out with her brother until about midnight.
A horrified passerby alerted a firefighter seconds after he heard a plea for help.
?He told them, you better get down there, someone got their throat cut,? said Malachi Mohamed, 39, who was shopping at a 7-Eleven and saw the exchange. ?I knew it had to be serious the way the guy came running up.?
Medics rushed Jones to Bellevue Hospital, but he could not be saved.
Cops released surveillance footage from a nearby business. The grainy tape shows a man walking.
Jones was a soccer instructor who worked with the Red Bulls Youth Training Program. The team issued a statement Sunday calling Jones a ?tremendous individual.?
?We want to send our most heartfelt condolences to Michael?s family, friends and loved ones,? the team said. ?He was a tremendous individual, a fantastic coach who loved soccer and a terrific friend for many of us.
?This is truly a sad day for our soccer community and we will do our utmost to help authorities in their investigation of this case. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michael?s family at this time.?
The crime scene quickly became a tourist attraction with visitors snapping pictures of the puddle of blood, a gore-splattered iPhone, and the severed ear under a cup.
?It?s kind of weird, but then again it?s just kind of another day in New York,? said Drew Fountain, 22, who works at the health club next door.
simonew@nydailynews.com
Allison Joyce for the New York Daily News
Police investigate the scene where Michael Jones, 25, was stabbed to death on October 7, 2012.?
Survelliance video below, released by police, is believed to be the suspect in the stabbing.
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