Indiana Man Admits to Shooting USPS Worker in the Chest After She Stopped Delivering Mail to His House Due to Dog

An Indiana man has admitted to shooting a female USPS worker in the chest after she stopped delivering mail to his house due to his "aggressive" dog.

According to Daily Mail, Tony Cushingberry-Mays, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, assaulting a federal employee, and discharging a firearm on Tuesday.

The Indiana man has been accused of shooting Angela Summers, 45, who was killed by a single shot to the chest. A federal district court judge will sentence him at a later date.

According to federal law, killing an off-duty federal worker can be punishable by death or a life sentence. The Daily Beast reported that the USPS worker was gunned down during her mail delivery route in east Indianapolis in April 2020.

Summers reportedly bypassed the suspect's home in compliance with a suspension that was put in place until he contained his dog. She was hand-delivering mails to the other homes on the block.

Cushingberry-Mays reportedly became hostile and aggressive towards Summers when he saw her pass his house on the day of the shooting. Investigators said the Indiana man confronted the USPS worker on a neighbor's porch and demanded mail.

Summers reportedly took out some type of self-defense repellant and sprayed it on Cushingberry-Mays as he approached her while on a neighbor's porch.

The Indiana man then pulled out a handgun and shot the female USPS worker point-blank in the chest. Summers died in the hospital.

Indiana Man Shot and Killed the USPS Worker

According to court documents, the United States Postal Service (USPS) had suspended mail delivery at the suspect's home due to his vicious dog.

Two weeks before the shooting incident, Angela Summers complained and reported about "several issues" she had with the suspect's dog.

Because of this, the post office sent three warning letters to Tony Cushingberry-Mays' home, telling him to contain his aggressive pet. However, they were ignored, so the post office put a suspension in place.

A postal union representative believed the Indiana man was upset about not getting his COVID-19 stimulus check delivered to his home.

President of the postal union Paul Toms told Fox 59 in 2020 that Summers died just shy of securing career status with the post office, which meant she did not have life insurance. However, the union did help raise $72,000 for the daughter of the USPS worker.

Tony Cushingberry-Mays admitted to police that he ran away after shooting Angela Summers and went to his aunt's house before hiding the gun in the garage at his mother's. The Indiana man also told authorities that he did not mean to kill the USPS worker as he only wanted to scare her.

In a statement to USA Today, USPS Inspector-in-Charge Rodney Hopkins said this should serve as a "deterrent to those criminal actors who threaten the fundamental right of a safe work environment for our nation's postal employees."

Georgia Postal Service Worker Killed

Last month, a federal grand jury indicted a North Georgia man accused of killing a postal worker last year. The Atlanta Journal- Constitution reported that Larry Steven Grogan has been charged with the murder of U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Asa "Junior" Wood Jr., along with the assault on a federal employee using a deadly weapon.

He was also charged with the discharge of a firearm resulting in death and felon in possession of a firearm. Grogan was accused of killing 59-year-old Wood, who was delivering mail in Banks County. According to investigators, he also fired at two deputies during a pursuit.

Investigators have not released details about a possible motive. According to his online obituary, Wood has worked for the postal service for 28 years.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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