A man was stabbed to death after scuffling with a stranger who had stepped on his shoes during their rush-hour commute in Manhattan Friday morning, cops and sources said.

NEW YORK CITY - A man who was stabbed Friday morning on a New York City subway platform has died, the NYPD said. The stabbing happened just after 8:30 a.m. at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street station. According to police, the 38-year-old man was stabbed on the 4,5,6 southbound platform following a dispute.

Sheldon John, 38, died Friday morning after he was stabbed on a subway train following a dispute, in what officials say is the subway system's first homicide of the year.