$50K reward offered in Chicago postal worker shooting; letter carriers ‘terrified’ by violence, union says

CHICAGO (WLS) — 9/11/20 – A $50,000 reward is being offered for information after a postal worker was shot Thursday morning in Chicago’s South Side Burnside neighborhood.

The 24-year-old woman, who works as a United States Postal Service mail carrier, was shot at 91st Street and Ellis Avenue just after 11:35 a.m. while on the job.
Chicago Fire Department officials said she was critically hurt after being shot multiple times.

She did not appear to be the intended target, Chicago police said. The alleged shooters were driving by at a high rate of speed when the shots were fired.

Calls, texts and messages came in to the National Association of Letter Carriers union hall Friday.

“We are relieved she’s in stable condition,” said Mack Julion, Branch 11 union president. “We are pulling for her. We are praying for her.”

Julion said the letter carrier remains hospitalized after she was shot during the day while walking her route in the 9100 Block of south Ellis

“It’s devastating to hear,” said Spencer Block, with the US Postal Inspection Service in Chicago. “We’ve been working around the clock to solve this investigation,”

In March, another Chicago letter carrier was shot while delivering mail in Brighton Park. He was caught in gang crossfire and told ABC7 he feels fortunate he was not more seriously injured from a shot to the back of his head. More at ABC Chicago