A tornado kills 16 person in Indiana a USPS mail carrier is shot and dies; and the CPD Lieutenant is relieved of his duties….

A tornado kills one person in Indiana; a USPS mail carrier is shot and dies; and the CPD Lieutenant is relieved of his duties….

 

Chicago – A USPS letter carrier was shot and killed in the West Pullman neighborhood; an Indiana woman was killed when a tree fell on her Crown Point home the same night that over a dozen tornadoes touched down in the area; and a Chicago police lieutenant was relieved of his duties following an astonishing altercation that was captured on camera.

No suspects are in arrest after a USPS letter carrier on Chicago’s South Side was shot and killed.
On Friday morning, a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) was shot and killed in Chicago’s West Pullman area.

The 48-year-old female letter carrier was approached by an unidentified male offender at approximately 11:38 a.m. in front of a home in the 12100 block of South Harvard, according to the police. The perpetrator brandished a gun, shot the victim several times, and then drove off on 121st Street.

The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the letter carrier as Chicago native Octavia Redmond. She was shot many times in the body and sent to Christ Hospital, where she was declared deceased.