A man who allegedly shot and killed an Upper East Side deli worker during a robbery last week has been arrested, the NYPD said.

Kimond Cyrus, 39, was taken into custody in the Bronx on Thursday, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said at a news briefing, nearly a week after police say he shot and killed 67-year-old worker, Sueng Choi, at Daona, a deli on East 81st Street.

Cyrus was wanted in connection with three other gunpoint robberies as well, Essig said. Police said he robbed Sunset Bagels in Flatbush on Feb. 25, Super Deli Grocery in Greenpoint on March 1, and Yaya Deli and Grocery in the Melrose section of the Bronx on March 3, the same day he allegedly shot the deli worker.

Cyrus demanded money, cellphones and Newport cigarettes during the robberies, according to Essig.

Detectives relied on surveillance footage, tips from the public and witness interviews to identify him as the suspect, Essig said. 

Cyrus was arrested and charged Thursday night for murder and criminal possession of a weapon, officials said.

Mayor Eric Adams, who attended the news briefing, attributed Thursday’s arrest to “good old-fashioned police work,” but said the investigation was “made harder” by the fact that Cyrus was wearing a face mask when he allegedly shot the deli worker and carried out the other robberies.

“Face masks protected us from COVID, but [are] really allowing criminals to exploit this,” the mayor said, echoing remarks he made Tuesday as he called on shop owners to require customers to briefly lower their masks upon entry for identification purposes.

Cyrus’ attorney information wasn’t immediately available Thursday.