Two U.S. Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting at a Memphis postal facility, authorities said.
The suspected shooter, who was also a USPS employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, FBI Memphis spokesperson Lisa-Anne Culp said during a press briefing Tuesday.
The shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon at the East Lamar Carrier Annex, a location that does not have retail customers. Around 2:50 p.m. local time, the Memphis Police Department said it had secured the scene and there was no active threat.
Update: MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The identities of two of the three people who died Tuesday after a shooting at a U.S. Postal Service facility in Orange Mound have been confirmed.
The National Association of Postal Supervisors said the victims were James Wilson, a manager and Demetria Dortch, a supervisor.
The name of the employee who shot and killed Wilson and Dortch, then turned the gun on themself, has not been released.