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.

A U.S. Postal Service worker was stabbed to death while at a deli in Harlem, according to police. The deadly incident occurred just after 2 p.m. Thursday at the deli on Lenox Avenue near 118th Street, officials said. The victim, a 36-year-old man, was stabbed in the stomach, according to police.