The U.S. Postal Inspection Service offers a $50,000 reward for information that will lead to a conviction in the female mail carrier shooting on Chicago's South this week.

 

On Thursday, a 24-year-old woman working around 11:40 AM on the 9100 block of South Ellis Avenue shot in both legs, right buttock, stomach area, and head, as per the Chicago police.

According to Fox News, witnesses at the scene told the police that two speeding cars fired shots out the window. The Chicago police do not believe that the mail carrier was the target of the gunmen.

Branch 11 President of National Association of Letter Carriers, Mack Julian, told ABC7 that the victim is stable. For any information about the shooting, you may call the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455 to report it.

On Thursday, the Chicago postal worker who was shot four times by stray gunfire delivered mail along her route. The cops said that the female worker had a critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Witnesses and the Chicago Fire Department confirmed to CBS that the woman was a postal mail carrier. Officers said that the worker wore her full uniform when the shooting took place. Video footage from the scene indicates that her mailbag was on the ground outside the home gate.

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A $50,000 reward is offered by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for information that will lead to a conviction in the shooting of the female mail carrier on Chicago's South. On Thursday, a 24-year-old woman working around 11:40 AM on the 9100 block of South Ellis Avenue shot in both legs, right buttock, stomach area, and at the back of her head.

According to Daily Mail, the victim's coworker appeared in the scene in tears, and their manager said that the victim worked at Grand Crossing Branch. The U.S Postal Inspection Service Chicago Division confirmed that they were investigating the shooting. However, there is no other information available on the victim or the incident.

A spokesperson said, "Chicago Division Postal Inspectors have responded to a reported shooting in the 9100 block of South Ellis Avenue in Chicago, IL. We are in the initial stages of the investigation, and we cannot comment further at this time."

This year, the victim is the second USPS worker shot in Chicago, as per the Chicago Tribune. Chicago police said that there is an ongoing investigation.

In March, a USPS employee was also shot in the cheek while delivering mail on the Southwest side. A 47-year-old man was the victim in the March shooting. In 2019, another Chicago postal worker shot while driving an unmarked van, as per the Chicago Sun-Times report.

The shooting in 2019 was followed by a violent Labor Day weekend in the city wherein 51 people were shot. Eight of the victims were reported dead, including an eight-year-old girl killed inside a parked car.

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