A former Fenton postal employee was found deceased in his home Wednesday afternoon following a police situation that lasted several hours.

Det. Mike Neering of the Mundy Township Police Department said Ricky Hughes, 65, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Neering said that Hughes had worked at the Fenton Post Office and was under investigation by the Postal Inspector. The detective is awaiting word from the postal inspector with regard to the investigation.

Just after noon on Wednesday, Mundy Township police officers responded to Hughes’ home on Hill Road, between Linden and Jennings roads. The postal inspector had asked the police department to check on Hughes, as they had not heard from him as scheduled.

While the officers were on Hughes’ front porch and knocking on the front door, they heard a single gun shot. The officers immediately backed off and called for back-up.

Fired Fenton postal worker found dead

MUNDY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNEM) –Police said that a man that sparked a barricaded gunman situation this afternoon has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Investigators say that around 12:30 p.m. U.S. Postal Service investigators along with Mundy Township Police officers arrived at a home on Hill Road between Jennings and Linden in Genesee County’s Mundy Township

Although it’s unclear exactly why they went there, when they got to the home, the door was unlocked. As they went in, a single shot was fired. Investigators now say that single shot was the 65-year-old man taking his life.

No one else was in the home.

We have learned that the man was a former U.S. Postal Service employee, and was under investigation. Although it’s unclear why.
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