A homeless parolee sprung from prison just a month ago has been nabbed in the unprovoked meat cleaver murder in a Bronx laundromat, police said Monday.
Clarence Woodward, 39, was arrested hours after the Thursday attack and charged with murder, manslaughter and assault. The NYPD announced the arrest Monday.
Woodward allegedly fatally stabbed Jose Miranda, 45, and wounded a 47-year-old man shortly after walking into the 303 Laudnomat at 2:40 a.m.
In video obtained by the Daily News, the attacker was carrying shirts when he walked into 24-hour laundromat, on E. 170th St. near College Ave.
He knifed Miranda in the legs and upper body and the other man in the back before running off south on College Ave., police said.
Both men were rushed to Lincoln Hospital but Miranda could not be saved. The other victim is recovering.
Cops recovered two meat cleavers from the scene.
According to records, Woodward, who had been staying at a Brooklyn homeless shelter, served three stints in state prison, all for Bronx convictions.
He was paroled July 3 after serving more than four years for attempted robbery and felony assault, records show. Before that, he served two years for attempted robbery and was freed in July 2012.
He was conditionally released in July 2008 after spending three years in prison, again for attempted robbery.