{"id":18456,"date":"2017-03-02T19:11:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=18456"},"modified":"2017-03-02T19:11:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:11:53","slug":"video-postal-worker-shot-at-after-startling-would-be-burglars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/03\/02\/video-postal-worker-shot-at-after-startling-would-be-burglars\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Postal Worker Shot At After Startling Would-Be Burglars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIAMI (CBS Miami) \u2013 A postal worker was shot at on the job after\u00a0startling\u00a0would-be burglars at a Kendall home.<\/p>\n<p>It all began around 11 a.m. when the mailman was on his route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe delivered mail to this residence where he heard the alarm go off but didn\u2019t really think much of it. Sometimes these things happen,\u201d said U.S. Postal Inspector Ivan Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>While driving away, investigators said he saw a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">couple<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of hooded men jump over a fence and into a car and take off. Coincidentally, they were all going the same way. That\u2019s when he suddenly became the target of fleeing crooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that moment when realized what he also witnessed, the passenger extended half of his<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">body<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>outside the vehicle, turned around and took a shot at him,\u201d said Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, that letter carrier was not hit. Police believe the crooks thought he may have been going after them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was coincidentally that fact that he happened to be right behind him, so they\u2019re thinking they got spooked, we\u2019re being followed,\u201d said Rodriguez. Read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2017\/03\/02\/postal-worker-shot-at-after-startling-would-be-burglars\/\">CBS Miami<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18459\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miami-Letter-Carrier-Shot-At.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miami-Letter-Carrier-Shot-At.jpg 511w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miami-Letter-Carrier-Shot-At-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miami-Letter-Carrier-Shot-At-86x54.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (CBS Miami) \u2013 A postal worker was shot at on the job after\u00a0startling\u00a0would-be burglars at a Kendall home. It all began around 11 a.m. when the mailman was on his route. \u201cHe delivered mail to this residence where he heard the alarm go off but didn\u2019t really think much of it. Sometimes these things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18460,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18456\/revisions\/18460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}