{"id":39733,"date":"2026-07-01T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39733"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:42:25","slug":"nrlca-statement-on-the-murder-of-nrlca-member-brandi-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/07\/01\/nrlca-statement-on-the-murder-of-nrlca-member-brandi-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLCA Statement on the Murder of NRLCA Member Brandi Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 29, 2026<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p>The National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association (NRLCA) is heartbroken by the tragic<br \/>\nmurder of NRLCA member Brandi Reynolds, a rural letter carrier in Hays, North<br \/>\nCarolina who was fatally shot while serving her route last week.<br \/>\nWhile the investigation remains ongoing, one thing is certain: this senseless and horrific<br \/>\nact of violence should never have happened. Brandi\u2019s death is a devastating reminder<br \/>\nof the dangers rural letter carriers face each day as they faithfully serve the American<br \/>\npublic.<\/p>\n<p>Brandi was 35 years old, a loving mother of two, and had proudly served as a rural letter<br \/>\ncarrier for more than six years. She was a dedicated public servant whose loss is<br \/>\ndeeply felt throughout the NRLCA family and her community.<br \/>\nOn behalf of NRLCA\u2019s 130,000 members nationwide, we extend our deepest<br \/>\ncondolences to Brandi\u2019s family, friends, co-workers, and all those who knew and loved<br \/>\nher. We mourn alongside them and honor her life and service to her community.<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\nEstablished in 1903, the NRLCA represents approximately 130,000 career and noncareer rural letter carriers that operate out of more than 10,500 rural and suburban<br \/>\npostal delivery units, serving over 85,000 rural routes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NRLCA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28845 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NRLCA-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NRLCA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NRLCA-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 29, 2026 For Immediate Release The National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association (NRLCA) is heartbroken by the tragic murder of NRLCA member Brandi Reynolds, a rural letter carrier in Hays, North Carolina who was fatally shot while serving her route last week. While the investigation remains ongoing, one thing is certain: this senseless and horrific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39733","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=39733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39735,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39733\/revisions\/39735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}