Female postal worker in Alanta shot in head and killed

A female postal worker was shot and killed on Monday evening after sustaining a gunshot wound to her head near Atlanta, Georgia.  

Postal inspectors and federal law enforcement have opened an investigation into the Monday night shooting, U.S. Postal Service spokesman Rick Badie told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

The incident occurred behind a DeKalb County post office branch located at the intersection of Wesley Chapel and Snapfinger roads near the docking area. 

An eyewitness told Channel 2 Action News that he saw a man lingering around a nearby laundromat before approaching the victim and opening fire.

Eyewitness Michael Grogan (pictured) said he saw a man loitering around a laundromat before the shooting 

‘It’s hard to understand,’ said the eyewitness Michael Grogan . ‘He turned around and came back. Then two shots went off, then two more.’ 

Investigators said that the motive for the shooting remains unclear and are searching for a suspect. 

‘It’s terrible, it’s very terrible. She’s young, her career trying to do something for herself at the post office,’ Grogan said. 

The female postal worker, whose identity has not yet been released, was a new employee and had worked at the Wesley Chapel for only a month before Monday’s shooting.

The victim’s Wesley Chapel post office colleagues described her as a sweet, young woman and were grief stricken over her killing, CBS affiliate WGCL reported.  

The victim’s Wesley Chapel post office colleagues described her as a sweet, young woman and were grief stricken over her killing