LUFKIN (AP) — An East Texas teenager faces up to 10 years in prison for shooting a postal worker in the leg as she delivered mail last fall.

The Lufkin News reports 17-year-old Jaylon Carroll Wortham of Lufkin pleaded guilty Thursday to assault in a plea deal.

Lufkin police say Lindsey Guthery was wearing a U.S. Postal Service uniform when she was shot last November while walking her route. She was treated for a wound to her left leg.

Lufkin Teen Guilty Of Assault In Shooting Of Postal Worker