East Harlem deli worker stabbed to death in quarrel with customer over price of item
![East Harlem deli worker stabbed to death in quarrel with customer over price of item](https://thenewyorkmail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-38.jpg)
An East Harlem deli worker was stabbed to death during an argument with a customer, police said Wednesday.
The fight may have been over the cost of an item in the store, police said.
The customer got into a quarrel with the two workers on duty inside the store on Second Ave. near E. 102nd St. about 11:35 p.m Tuesday, cops said.
![The deli on the corner of E. 102nd St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan, where a 34-year-old worker was stabbed to death Tuesday night.](https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/19mQBUTsNAdB7jsMsrCw-nKkoNA=/800x600/top/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/TQ53VHIQ2RBH3BNRXO4I7ZCE7Y.jpg)
The argument spilled outside, where it continued to escalate until the customer stabbed a 34-year-old worker in the upper body.
The killer ran off east on E. 102nd St and has not been caught.
EMS rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell but he could not be saved.