1/16/2020 The woman was delivering mail along Highway 35 North when she was shot. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Attala County’s sheriff said a man shot a rural postal worker in the head Thursday. Sheriff Tim Nail said the man first tried to kidnap a woman from the Sunflower Grocery Store near Kosciusko, but that woman […]
Defendant shot Shreveport Postal letter carrier while he was delivering mail 12/19/2019 SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a federal grand jury in Shreveport returned a three-count indictment on December 18, 2019, charging Michael 32, of Shreveport, with second degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and discharging a […]
A 32-year-old Shreveport man was arrested Saturday night and charged with the slaying of a mailman who was making deliveries on his route in Shreveport’s South Highlands neighborhood. Michael Gentry, of the 1100 block of Dudley Street, was charged with one count of second-degree murder of Antonio Williams. He was booked at the Shreveport City […]
8/31/2017 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 53-year-old mail carrier is facing life threatening injuries after being shot on duty Thursday in southwest Charlotte. Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. in reference to a shooting. After arriving on scene, officers said they found a United States Postal Service employee with gunshot wounds. He was on duty when he […]
According to court documents, the mail carrier told investigators that Marcus Bennett, who lives along his route, had approached him for help delivering drug packages. The mail carrier said Marcus Bennett asked him two weeks before the shooting about a package that he was missing, according to the affidavit. He said Marcus Bennett blamed him […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Significant new details have been released in the case of a Louisville postal carrier shot while delivering the mail. Investigators say they think it happened because he kept drugs he said he was going to deliver on his route. Court documents that have been unsealed in this case show that Marcus Bennett, the brother of the […]