Two brutes were busted Tuesday in the deadly baseball bat beating and stabbing of a Rhode Island man near Times Square, cops said.
Alagie Jatta, 29, and Paul Ohore, 32, both of the Bronx, were picked up on warrants around 6:50 a.m. and charged with murder in the brutal Nov. 24 attack on Daevon Silva, 23, authorities said.
Silva, of Pawtucket, was bashed with the bat and then stabbed in the back and right thigh just after 1 a.m. near West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue, cops said.
Alagie Jatta, 29, is transported to court in Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Stephen Yang for the NY Post
Paul Ohore, 32, is being transported to court on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Stephen Yang for the NY Post
Police at the scene of a fatal stabbing near Times Square on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Robert MeceaHe was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Sources said Tuesday the violence may have been an act of retaliation for something that happened the night before, though specific details on the previous incident were unclear.
At least one of the suspects knew Silva and got into a dust-up with him that escalated into deadly violence, sources said in November. The sources also initially pointed to a potential drug-related motive.
Daevon-Miguel Silva was fatally stabbed in Manhattan last month. A.A. Mariani & Son Funeral Home
Blood and gloves are seen at the scene of the fatal stabbing on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Robert MeceaJatta, who has five prior arrests, had been freed from jail just a month before the deadly Times Square attack, prosecutors and police said.
He was granted conditional discharge on Oct. 28 after pleading guilty in August 2023 to second-degree assault for stabbing his 55-year-old roommate in the Bronx.
“I want you to leave,” he had told the older man during the February 2022 incident, prompting the roommate to phone the landlord. The call sent Jatta into a rage – and he pulled out a knife, stabbing the victim multiple times, according to cops and court documents.
The roommate needed stitches to close bleeding wounds on his face and stomach, and a cut on his hand he sustained while trying to block the blade, according to the complaint.
A knife is seen at the scene of a fatal stabbing at 49th Street and 7th Avenue on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Robert MeceaJatta also has a November of 2023 arrest for criminal possession of a loaded firearm, police said.
Ohore was last busted in 2019 for driving with suspended registration, and has two other prior arrests for gun possession, police said.
Paul Ohore, 32, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of murder in the brutal Nov. 24 attack on Daevon Silva. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
Alagie Jatta was arraigned in the deadly baseball bat beating and stabbing of Rhode Island man Daevon Silva near Times Square. Kevin C Downs forThe New York PostSilva had no run-ins with the law in the Big Apple, but had a light criminal history in Rhode Island, according to the sources.
