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Employee, 23, fatally stabbed inside CVS in Lindenhurst on Christmas

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A 23-year-old CVS employee was stabbed and killed inside a Lindenhurst store on Christmas night, Suffolk County police said.

Police responding to a 911 call reporting a stabbing at the CVS located at 20 East Montauk Highway about 6:50 p.m. on Thursday found Edeedson Cine of West Babylon with a stab wound to the chest, cops said.

Cine was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect — described as a white man believed to be in his 40s — fled the store on foot before the officers arrived to the scene.

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the squad at 631.852.6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1.800.220.TIPS.

All calls will be kept confidential.

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