A postal worker, a truck driver and a high school student were among the seven people gunned down in a mass shooting in Texas over the weekend, officials and relatives said Sunday.
Twenty-two people, including a 17-month-old girl, were also injured in the rampage, which occurred after a traffic stop between the west Texas cities of Midland and Odessa on Saturday afternoon.
The gunman was killed in a shootout with police near a movie theater after he abandoned his car and stole a U.S. Postal Service van.
The Postal Service identified the dead letter carrier as Mary Granados, 29.
Granados’ twin sister, Rosie Granados, said they had planned to celebrate their 30th birthday together. Read more at NBC News
GoFundMe page for Mary Granados
Statement from NALC
Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, released the following statement today, Sept. 1, about the death of letter carrier Mary Granados in Odessa, Texas.
“We are deeply saddened by the senseless murder of Odessa, TX Branch 3964 letter carrier Mary Granados, 29. We send our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers to Mary’s family, loved ones, friends and co-workers. She was doing the job she loved and was serving the public when she was shot and her postal vehicle hijacked in Saturday’s shooting rampage. Our thoughts are with sister Granados and with all the victims of this tragic event.”