No Arrest Yet in Killing of Two USPS Workers in Tennessee; $50,000 Reward
The
U.S. Postal Inspection Service October 19 doubled to $50,000 the reward it is
offering for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever
fatally shot two female postal employees October 18 at the post office in
western Tennessee, about 50 miles northeast of Memphis. The service identified
the victims as a retail clerk, and a rural carrier associate. The shootings
occurred at the post office in Henning between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. The case is
being jointly investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the FBI; the 25th Judicial District
Attorney General's Office; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; the Tennessee
Highway Patrol; the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office; the Tipton County
Sheriff's Office; and the Henning Police Department. More than 60 law
enforcement officers nationwide have been assigned to the case, the service
said.
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