A 15-year-old has been arrested in Iowa and charged with murder in the shooting death of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer, police announced Tuesday.
Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot on her route in the West Pullman neighborhood on July 19, according to Chicago police. According to authorities, the suspect got out of a stolen SUV, approached her and shot her multiple times at close range before fleeing in the vehicle, according to the U.S. Postal Service.The Chicago Police Department said in a news release that its officers, along with U.S. Marshals, arrested the teenager Monday in Cedar Rapids on a murder warrant.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly "What will it take? Why do we have to keep begging for our protection? It had to take our sister to lose her life," said Elise Foster, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 11. “Right now the letter carriers are scared. We know we have to continue the delivery every day. That’s the motto. Rain sleet or snow we go. We don’t do bullets.”
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