A seasonal employee with the city Parks Department fatally knifed one of his co-workers this afternoon at a Queens recreation center, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The bloodshed occurred around 3:15 p.m. — about five hours after Mayor Bloomberg was at the Al Oerter Recreation Center in Flushing for a press conference.
Robert Swann, 51, and Ezra Black, 31, first started scuffling near a shed at the center.
Black then ran off, but was chased by Swann into a kitchen area where Swann allegedly stabbed the younger man to death. Another employee at the recreation center said Black had just started in the past few days.
“He hadn’t even picked up his first Check yet,” the worker said.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence.
Swann was nabbed nearby at The Unisphere in Flushing-Meadows-Corona Park by cops assigned to the US Open, sources said.
The murder weapon has not been recovered.
Swann is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon
The Parks Department did not immediately return a request for comment.
Additional reporting by Natasha Velez
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