EVERETT, Wash — Everett police are investigating after a U.S. Postal Service worker was reportedly shot Friday afternoon.
Officers responded to an apartment building at 9300 W Mall Drive around 12:50 p.m. for reports of a shooting, according to the Everett Police Department.
“This level of violence, to this extent of somebody actually pulling a gun and shooting a carrier in the face, it’s pretty extreme and it’s very, very rare for us,” said John Wiegand, USPS postal inspector.
The victim, a USPS postal worker, was transported to Providence Hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. The postal worker is expected to survive.
Police said the suspect, identified as a package delivery driver, is in custody and that there is no danger to the public.
At the scene, packages were seen on the ground of the apartment complex’s mailroom. A resident also told We they saw blood on the floor of the mailroom.
The investigation is ongoing.
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트위터 공유: 우정배달 중 총상 충격 USPS 직원 안전 확인 중