Chicago postal worker Octavia Redmond killed as she walked into daylight: ‘Devastated’

CHICAGO – A postal worker was shot and killed while walking along a Chicago street, authorities said.

USPS investigators are offering up to $250,000 for any information that might help solve the case.

Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot just before noon Friday on South Harvard Avenue on Chicago’s South Side, police said. The shooter sped away in a car.

James McGee said he was working in his yard moments earlier when he and Redmond exchanged greetings and talked about the beautiful weather.

Kim Sanders, who works at a nearby nursing home, said she was “heartbroken” by Redmond’s death.

“She was just coming up and down the street delivering mail, and she wasn’t bothering anybody,” Sanders said.

The flag was lowered at the union hall in honor of Redmond, who worked as a mail carrier for more than 15 years. Her husband also works for the postal service.

“We are federal employees. How dare you do this? And think you can get away with it? Our members are afraid to go to work,” said Elise Foster, a local official with the National Postal Association.