Newark resident Julius Gaines, 56, has been charged with murder and weapons offenses in connection with the fatal stabbing of East Orange resident Rodney Mayes, 56. The killing occurred in the ShopRite parking lot at 206 Springfield Avenue, after a verbal dispute between the individuals Monday evening, according to officials.

The 56-year-old was in a verbal dispute with another man before he was stabbed outside the ShopRite, prosecutors said.

A North Jersey man was stabbed to death outside a ShopRite grocery store in Newark on Monday night, cops said. Rodney Mayes, a 56-year-old man from East Orange, was killed following an argument outside the store, NJ.com reported.

The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Monday night where 56-year-old Rodney Mayes from East Orange was fatally stabbed.

Julius Gaines, 56, of Newark was charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses after he allegedly fatally stabbed Rodney J. Mayes, 56, also of Newark in a ShopRite parking lot on Springfield Avenue Monday.

A 56-year-old East Orange man was fatally stabbed at a ShopRite parking lot in Newark on the evening of Monday, Jan. 27, authorities said.At 7:17 p.m, police responded to 206 Springfield Ave. and found Rodney Mayes stabbed after a verbal