Jean Schultz Junio Laurent, 51, was killed Tuesday morning as he walked to work in East Mount Airy, police said. Read more Courtesy Alexandra Belly

by Vinny Vella Published Oct. 30, 2025, 2:14 p.m. ET

Jean Schultz Junio Laurent worked hard to move his children to America from their native Haiti, his family said, hoping to give them a safer, more stable life in Abington.

But after escaping the tumult of his home country, the father of three died early Tuesday after he was stabbed less than 200 feet from the restaurant where he worked in East Mount Airy , Philadelphia police said.

“I can’t imagine anyone wanting to hurt him. We’re in shock,” Laurent’s niece, Alexandra Belly, said in an interview Thursday. “He had no enemies. His entire life was just working and coming home.”

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