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.

A New York City woman was arrested in connection to the alleged fatal stabbing of a U.S. Postal Service worker inside a Harlem deli on Thursday, authorities said. Jaia Cruz, 24, of Manhattan, is charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of 36-year-old Ray Hodges, New York City police said in a statement.

Ray Hodges was ordering food when a suspect began arguing with him over 'who was first in line to order.' Hodges, 36, was a letter carrier in Manhattan.