An on-duty United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was stabbed and killed inside of a deli in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Thursday afternoon after a "verbal dispute," according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

An on-duty postal worker was stabbed to death inside a bodega in Harlem on Thursday after arguing with a woman over who was next in line to order. Ray Hodges, who worked for the U.S. Postal Service, died shortly before 3 p.

Saul Sanchez, 62, allegedly fatally stabbed Carlos Rivas in the chest and lower abdomen, authorities said. Rivas, 17, later succumbed to his injuries at Harlem Hospital. The third man, 22, was stabbed in the left arm and Sanchez, 62, sustained a cut on his forehead. Both men were taken to local hospitals in stable condition.