letter carrier killed while delivering in the dark Communities and Postal Workers United calls on all postal workers and allies to observe a national day of mourning within the US Postal Service. We call on postal workers to wear black armbands, observe a moment of silence, and lower flags to half staff on the day […]
LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA9) – The investigation into the murder of a mailman on his route is intensifying, and so has bitter criticism of the Postal Service management policies that have carriers routinely out on the street well after dark. Twenty-six-year-old Tyson Jerome Barnette was shot to death in the 1600 block of Reed Street in […]
The APWU family is deeply saddened by the death of Tyson Barnette, the 26 year old Maryland Letter Carrier who was killed while delivering mail on Saturday, Nov. 22, well after dark. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family. The night after the shooting, approximately 150 Letter Carriers attended a vigil to pay respects […]
LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA9) — The investigation into the murder of a mailman on his route is intensifying, and so has bitter criticism of the Postal Service management policies that have carriers routinely out on the street well after dark. Twenty-six-year-old Tyson Jerome Barnette was shot to death in the 1600 block of Reed Street in […]
LANDOVER, Md. (WJZ)— Prince Georges County Police are on the hunt for the person who shot and killed a mailman as he was making his last few deliveries. Now union leaders are asking for the district manager to step down.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering $100,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the killing of Tyson Jerome Barnette, 26, who was found shot multiple times near the intersection of Reed Street and Jutewood Avenue, which is just south of the Cheverly Metro stop.
; CHEVERLY, Md. – It didn’t have to happen. That’s what postal workers are saying about the shooting death of letter carrier Tyson Barnette in Cheverly Saturday. “It appears someone walked up and shot the mailman,”Local 142 President Robert Williams says. Dozens of postal workers in Landover Local 142 say they have been complaining for […]