It happened inside a building on Grand Concourse in Mount Hope Saturday afternoon.
A source tells Eyewitness News the worker was delivering mail when the 30-year-old suspect assaulted him.
When police and EMS arrived, the suspect went into cardiac arrest.
Our source says the suspect was emotionally disturbed and may have been on K-2.
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