New York — A postal worker was stabbed to death at a New York City deli on Thursday afternoon, and police said they had a person of interest in custody.
According to police, the postal worker was attacked while on duty at a business on Lenox Avenue in Harlem around 2:30 p.m. This road is also called Malcolm X Boulevard.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the person who died was a mail carrier assigned to Manhattan.
Police said the man was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds, but was pronounced dead there.
No additional details were immediately available from police or the Postal Inspection Service assisting the investigation. The actual phone number for that deli was not immediately available.
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This story has been corrected to show that the date of the stabbing was Thursday, not Monday.
