Footage of accused USPS killer shows suspect caught in a fight, robbed in East Harlem months before stabbing

A maniac who supposedly stabbed a USPS employee during an altercation at a Harlem deli last week, was captured on video fighting in Upper Manhattan last spring.

Jaia Cruz he can be seen in the middle of 3rd Avenue and East 121st Street, wildly swinging a white frame at a man’s head in broad daylight at the beginning of the three-minute re-aired clip.

The man then punches the transgender woman in the face, and when she tries to escape, another man runs up and punches her in the head.

Last spring, Jaia Cruz, who allegedly murdered a USPS employee, was caught on camera fighting with two men.

The second attacker then drags Cruz to the ground by her hair before continuing to kick and punch her.

As seen in the video, the first attacker pulls Cruz’s hair and grabs her purse, and the two walk away.

“Yeah, yo, don’t kill that nigga, bro!” The witness repeatedly shouts in the recording was published in October by New York Sh–ty account.

Police confirmed that a brutal attack took place at the intersection on June 12. Two men, Jonathan Duran, 37, and Rysuan Braxton, 34, were arrested for second-degree assault after they punched the woman in the back of the head and threw her to the ground before taking her purse and headphones, he said spokesman for the New York Police Department.

Nearly seven months later, Cruz, 24, was charged with murder and manslaughter for the Jan. 2 senseless murder of on-duty postal worker Ray Hodge III at Joe’s Grocery in Harlem.

The unhinged woman flew into a blinding rage and allegedly spat at the father-of-two and repeatedly stabbed him when he cut her off in the queue to order a sandwich.

Before the bloody stabbing, Cruz had been arrested at least five times, including for swinging a box cutter at a person in Midtown West in July 2020 and threatening to “cut him up,” law enforcement sources previously told The Post.

One of the men punched Cruz in the face, then another man knocked her to the ground and kicked her. Sam Beezly's Facebook — One of the men punched Cruz in the face, then another man knocked her to the ground and kicked her. Sam Beezly’s Facebook

One of the men stole Cruz's purse after they finished beating her. Sam Beezly's Facebook — One of the men stole Cruz’s purse after they finished beating her. Sam Beezly’s Facebook

Hodge’s family he mourned the death about their “hardworking, honorable and good” relatives, who they said were always willing to help others.

“Ray touched the lives of so many people and we are all truly blessed to have known him and had the opportunity to love him,” his family wrote on GoFundMe collected almost 9 thousand so far to cover funeral costs.

Cruz, who is being held at Rikers Island, declined an interview request.