A bodega argument led to a man being shot dead in Melrose.

Benigno Martir, 36, was arguing with two men inside the store on East 158th Street near Park Avenue at 1:30 a.m. Friday, police said.

The argument spilled out into the street where one of the men pulled a gun and shot Martir once in the chest, police said.

He staggered around the corner and collapsed, police said. He died at Lincoln Hospital.