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Showing posts with label postal shooting. Show all posts

5.21.2013

Postal Shooting: Killer believed his mail was being diverted to his estranged wife

Complaint outlines alleged plot to kill letter carrier

"...With a rifle, extra ammunition and lighter fluid, he hid in a treeline like a sniper to wait for the letter carrier to make her delivery. ..."  Click to Read More
Source: www.news.ruralinfo.net

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12.11.2012

Postal Employee Shot

Postal worker shot while delivering mail in good spirits after incident

"...A U.S. postal worker is recovering from being shot while delivering the mail. It happened at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1200 block of Richard in Cahokia, IL. ..."  Click to Read More
Source: www.kmov.com

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12.09.2011

Postal Worker Shot

Postal Service Worker Injured After Pellet Gun Shooting in Manistee

"... The investigation continues after a shooting Wednesday afternoon sent a postal worker to the hospital.
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Source: www.9and10news.com

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12.05.2011

Montgomery Postal Shooting

Ala. postal worker opens fire in mail room

"... A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Clark Morris, said the man showed up for work at the Winton Blount Post Office and began firing shots in the mail processing room about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Montgomery...."  
Source: www.cbsnews.com

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10.26.2010

Rural post offices lack security

"...In 1921, Postmaster General William Harrison Hays declared a campaign to try to stop a growing number of postal robberies across the country. He provided weapons to all postal employees "who may have charge of valuable postal shipments, either on trains or in the Post Offices. ..."  
Source: www.commercialappeal.com

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10.18.2010

Letter carriers protest pressure to work faster

"... “Many employees are slowly witnessing a resurgence of the conditions of 1991 with the pressure being put on the employees,” says the petition signed by workers in Royal Oak, Troy, Madison Heights, Birmingham, Southfield, Farmington and Novi.

In November 1991, a fired letter carrier from Oak Park went on a shooting rampage..."  
Source: www.dailytribune.com

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12.23.2009

Post office hostage taker caught

Police have apprehended a gunman who took five people hostage in a post office in the US, according to local media reports.


"... Police had tried to negotiate with the man in a wheelchair who reportedly demanded a pizza as part of his terms...."  
Source: www.heraldsun.com.au




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