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).

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.

The suspect accused of stabbing a postal worker to death during an argument at a Harlem deli was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday.

Ray Hodges, a NYC postal worker, was tragically stabbed to death, allegedly stemming from a dispute with a woman over a place in line at a deli. Jaia Cruz, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Thursday,