A lady is in custody for the deadly stabbing of a postal employee following a dispute over sandwiches at a Long island deli on Thursday, regulation enforcement assets advised the Day-to-day Information.The 36-year-old mailman used to be on responsibility for the U.S. Postal Provider when he stopped at Joe’s Grocery on Lenox Highway close to W. 118th St. to reserve a sandwich round 2:30 p.m., police officers mentioned.When the postal employee positioned his order, a girl there was enraged, claiming he had lower her in line and the 2 started shouting at each and every different, a witness advised The Information.“It used to be over a sandwich,” mentioned Janet Wealthy, who used to be within the deli purchasing espresso when the combat broke out. “It used to be, ‘I used to be subsequent. No, I used to be subsequent.’ It used to be for not anything.”Wealthy mentioned that she and some other lady throughout the retailer tried to intrude, however that neither birthday party gave the impression prepared to face down.“I were given in between them — two times,” mentioned Wealthy. There used to be some other lady with dreadlocks [who] mentioned, ‘Don’t do that, you have got a excellent task. Let this cross.’”The postal employee “took off his coat and mentioned, ‘You wish to have to stab me? I picked up his coat and put it again on. I used to be looking to save you the combat.”Wealthy described the lady as “massive” at about 6′ 5″ tall and mentioned she looked to be prime on medication, as she used to be actually “foaming on the mouth.”The argument ended when the lady drew a small steak knife and stabbed the postal employee no less than 3 times, Wealthy mentioned.“She began stabbing him and the following factor you understand blood used to be in every single place,” Wealthy mentioned.Mobile phone pictures recorded by means of Wealthy presentations the wounded postal employee mendacity at the deli surface in a pool of blood as a person makes an attempt to assist him.Medics rushed the sufferer to Harlem Sanatorium, the place he died.The suspect fled to her rental situated on W. 118th St. only some doorways down from the deli, assets mentioned.A knife may well be observed mendacity subsequent to a pool of blood past police tape on Thursday.Wealthy mentioned she witnessed police officers cuffing the lady and taking her into custody Thursday night.Fees had been nonetheless pending Thursday night time, police officers mentioned.In a atypical twist of fate, Wealthy, who works as a hoist operator, used to be operating on the Waldorf Astoria lodge in Long island Thursday when some other employee fell 40 ft to his loss of life, and mentioned she rode the elevator with medics to a third-floor ballroom the place they’d pronounce the person useless on the scene.“What an afternoon,” mentioned Wealthy. “You’ll’t make this up.”