NYPD: Suspect dies in custody after attacking postal worker in the Bronx

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Sunday, April 1, 2018
NYPD: Suspect dies in custody after attacking postal worker
Police say a suspect who attacked a postal worker died in custody.

MOUNT HOPE, Bronx (WABC) -- Police say a man died in custody after attacking a postal worker in the Bronx.

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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