SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) –Police say a female postal worker was delivering mail when she was shot twice with a BB gun in Southwest Philadelphia.
The 28-year-old victim was hit in the knee and back. She left the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Friday evening after being treated.
“She’s walking up towards the house, toward the door when she feels the first strike to her back and, just reactionary, she turns quickly and that’s when she feels the second one. That’s when she panics and yells and screams,” said Lt. Johnny Walker, Philadelphia Police.
Police say the shot to the victim’s back struck the strap of her leather mail bag, which prevented the BB pellet from hitting her skin.
A neighbor told investigators that three other shots hit the side of his brick row home.