Guilty Verdict in 2015 Yonkers Stabbing Death

A jury convicted a Yonkers man of a 2015 stabbing Friday.

Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A McCarty said Antonio Barnett, 23, was found guilty a first-degree manslaughter and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Barnett plunged a large kitchen knife into the back of David Benitez April 18, 2015.

A surveillance video at a deli located at 45 Palisade Ave. showed Benitez leaving the deli drinking coffee.

A few minutes earlier, the Barnett was chasing Benitez down a ramp leading to the apartment building at 8 Schroeder St.

After he was stabbed, the victim ran to the apartment complex and shut the rear gate to get away from Barnett, who was still wielding the knife.

When police responded to Benitez, he was bleeding heavily. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx and died in surgery two hours later.

Based on descriptions from witnesses, Barnett was located at a nearby gas station and was placed under arrest.

The knife was recovered on the roof of a nearby building.

Barnett is being held in Westchester County Jail in Valhalla.

He is scheduled to be sentenced March 1 and faces a maximum 25 years in prison.

Photo caption: Antonio Barnett. Photo credit: Courtesy.