A 24-year-old woman has been charged with stabbing to death a U.S. postal worker on duty at a Harlem deli Thursday afternoon. WABC TV reported. The two appeared to have been arguing over who gave the order first before the altercation turned physical, New York City police said.
Harlem's Jaire Cruz charged with second-degree murder, police say told WPIX-TV.
“She's a nice young woman. She's not the type to just go out on the street and attack people.”
Ray Hodges, 36, of the Bronx, was working as a mail carrier when he went for lunch. Joe's Grocery at 168 Lenox Avenue around 2:30 p.m., police told WPIX.
Police told WPIX that while Cruz was waiting to pay, they got into an argument over who was next in line, and Cruz is accused of stabbing Hodges seven times. He added that there is.
According to WABC, police found Hodges inside the facility with multiple stab and slash wounds to his torso, arms, back and neck.
Hodges was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, WABC said, adding that the weapon had been recovered.
Investigators told WPIX that witnesses identified the suspect near the crime scene.
of new york post“The suspect with the knife stood in front of the victim in a line, then went crazy and stabbed him in the abdomen, leaving blood smeared all over the floor and glass door,” officials said. .
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service told WPIX: another story Hodges was said to have been working as a letter carrier. His mail cart was spotted outside the deli, according to WPIX.
A friend of the person involved told WABC that it was not in his character to attack others for no reason and that he would not hurt anyone unless provoked.
“She's a lovely young woman,” a friend told WABC. “She's not the type to just come out and attack people. This is just a rough area. I don't know what happened because I wasn't around yet. I don't know. But , I know if that's the case.'' She said it was self-defense, self-defense. ”
Postal worker Kathy Singleton told WABC that Hodges was “a nice young man.”
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