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.

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 employee at the deli told NBC New York a fight broke out over a food order, as the suspect was upset the postal worker placed his order first. Hodges was taken to Harlem Hospit