The crazed, knife-wielding girl who allegedly killed a USPS employee for skipping her within the deli line spit within the sufferer’s face earlier than the deadly knifing, a witness advised The Submit.
The employee who was manning the grill mentioned a number of clients tried to separate the pair after accused killer Jaia Cruz began a verbal argument.
“[Ray Hodges] was within the retailer counting his cash to test how a lot he needed to order. She got here in after him and he or she had baggage in all probability from the grocery store. She put her baggage by the espresso machine and he or she got here to order,” the worker, who declined to share his title, advised The Submit.
“He advised her he’s making an attempt to order his sandwich and he or she began arguing with him,” he continued.
“I advised him it wasn’t value it.”
A number of individuals who had been within the retailer efficiently separated the pair, however Cruz stored making an attempt to go after Hodges, whose family members mentioned was a “nice man” and doting father of two.
Even the worker put himself in the course of the pair to finish the struggle — which escalated when Cruz hocked a loogie at her sufferer.
“I used to be within the center and he was in entrance of me and he or she got here from behind me and spit in his face,” the deli employee recalled.
“That received him mad so he threw the bottle of lemon juice at her.”
“That’s when she took the knife and got here to him and I needed to transfer.”
Cruz allegedly lodged the blade in Hodges’ neck and abdomen, the employee defined, including that he and different clients known as 911.
Cruz has since been charged with homicide and is awaiting arraignment.
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