Postal worker fatally stabbed on the job in a New York deli
NEW YORK (AP) — A postal worker was stabbed to death in a New York City deli Monday afternoon, police said, adding that they have a person of interest in custody.
While on duty, the postal employee was attacked at roughly 2:30 p.m. at a business on Harlem’s Lenox Avenue, according to police. The thoroughfare also is called Malcolm X Boulevard.
The victim was taken to a hospital with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead there, police said.
No further details were immediately available. A message seeking comment was sent to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which gets involved in investigating crimes related to the postal system or its employees or customers.
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