Police are investigating after a man was fatally stabbed during an argument in the parking lot of a ShopRite in New Jersey Monday night.

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.

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.

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