WI - United States Postal Service Carrier Aundre Cross Shot and Killed While Delivering Mail - Milwaukee

[YaYa_521]

US postal worker fatally shot while delivering mail in Milwaukee, police say

The 44-year-old U.S. Postal Service employee was pronounced dead at the scene by the Milwaukee Fire Department. He had over 18 years of service.

www.usatoday.com

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• A 44-year-old mail carrier was pronounced dead at the scene in Milwaukee.
• Police say the shooting occurred while the employee was delivering mail.
• Other U.S. postal workers have previously died in fatal shootings while on the job, including shootings in 2021 and 2000.

USPS mail carrier fatally shot in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was killed while on duty in Milwaukee Friday night, Dec. 9. It happened near 65th and Lancaster just before 6 p.m. Milwaukee police

www.cbs58.com

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• It happened near 65th and Lancaster just before 6 p.m.
• ...a 44-year-old man with over 18 years of service with USPS.
• Milwaukee Police Department at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 TIPs

Postal worker shot and killed while delivering mail near 65th and Villard in Milwaukee

A 44-year-old United States Postal Carrier was shot and killed near 65th and Lancaster Friday night. Milwaukee police say the man had over 18 years of service.

www.tmj4.com

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• A neighbor told TMJ4 News that the postal worker was a father of four.
• "He was very spiritual, I had a lot of conversations with him and he always sent me well, you know, 'God bless you and your family,' 'Happy holidays,'" said B.

 

[YaYa_521]

Mayor of Milwaukee
9 Dec 2022
The shooting death of a Milwaukee postal worker is alarming. My thoughts are with the victim's family and colleagues.

The postal worker in this homicide was a public servant, which makes this crime even more disturbing.
Criminals responsible for death and harm in our city must be held accountable. To accomplish that, anyone with information about this crime, or other serious crime in Milwaukee, should step forward. That can be done anonymously by calling the police or calling Crime Stoppers at 414 224 TIPS.

Nalc3126 - A Labor Union for City-Letter Carriers in and around Royal Oak Michigan.
10 Dec 2022
Prayers are with our Brothers and Sisters in Branch 2, and with all the loved ones impacted by this senseless act:
A 44 year old letter carrier with 18 years of service was shot and killed yesterday while on the job in Milwaukee. Please send love and prayers to that carrier’s family, the NALC Branch 2 family as well as the entire postal community during this horrible time of grief.

 

[YaYa_521]

USPS Inspection Service offers $50K reward for information about killed postal worker

The United States Postal Inspection Service is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest after a postal worker was shot and killed Friday night.

www.tmj4.com

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• ...$50,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest...
• ...and looking for a suspect vehicle,...[Snip]...Audi Q5 SUV with tinted windows.
• ...inspection service at 1-877-876-2455 (say law enforcement) or the police department at 414-935-7360

 

[MsMarple]

US postal worker fatally shot while delivering mail in Milwaukee, police say

The 44-year-old U.S. Postal Service employee was pronounced dead at the scene by the Milwaukee Fire Department. He had over 18 years of service.

www.usatoday.com

SBM

• A 44-year-old mail carrier was pronounced dead at the scene in Milwaukee.
• Police say the shooting occurred while the employee was delivering mail.
• Other U.S. postal workers have previously died in fatal shootings while on the job, including shootings in 2021 and 2000.

USPS mail carrier fatally shot in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was killed while on duty in Milwaukee Friday night, Dec. 9. It happened near 65th and Lancaster just before 6 p.m. Milwaukee police

www.cbs58.com

SBM

• It happened near 65th and Lancaster just before 6 p.m.
• ...a 44-year-old man with over 18 years of service with USPS.
• Milwaukee Police Department at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 TIPs

Postal worker shot and killed while delivering mail near 65th and Villard in Milwaukee

A 44-year-old United States Postal Carrier was shot and killed near 65th and Lancaster Friday night. Milwaukee police say the man had over 18 years of service.

www.tmj4.com

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• A neighbor told TMJ4 News that the postal worker was a father of four.
• "He was very spiritual, I had a lot of conversations with him and he always sent me well, you know, 'God bless you and your family,' 'Happy holidays,'" said B.

I feel sick. We've had a 20+ years friendship with our neighborhood postal worker who recently retired and I can't imagine losing him to violence.

I'm trying not to go down a slippery slope here but it's hard when so many careers and venues seem to not be safe anymore. WTH is wrong with people?

Hoping they catch the murderer and take him out of society before they kill someone else. Damnit.

 

[YaYa_521]

Aundre Cross: A Tribute to the Milwaukee Letter Carrier Killed

Aundre Cross is the letter carrier who was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to multiple people who knew and loved him.

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'Always ready with a prayer, a joke or a story': Aundre Cross, the Milwaukee postal worker killed, remembered

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• Aundre Cross is the letter carrier who was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to multiple people who knew and loved him, including co-workers and members of his church community. A married father, Cross, 44, was remembered by those who knew him for his deep faith.
• "He was a mentor to everybody," she said. "He was always ready with a prayer, a joke or a story. He never let anybody leave (any situation) without a smile on their face."
• “He was a person that could light up the room," P added. "When he walked in to deliver our mail, he would literally light the funeral home up because he was always so jolly. He was a man that loved God with everything in him. He was going to make sure he left some type of biblical message with you.”

Aundre Cross FB

Rest in peace, Dre.

 

[Snoopster]

Andre sounds like a wonderful and beloved person.

It seems that LE and US Postal Service suspect the killing was related to his job, or they are giving that impression since he was killed while on the job.

Because he was a postal worker, I presume people would have known his routine and route and could have targeted him specifically. Or it could have been a general/random attack.

He could have been killed by:
- someone who hates postal workers
- someone who is angry with that particular postal office/team, or blames Andre because of something at work
- someone outside the office who blamed Andre for an incorrect delivery, or had an argument with him about their property, or other personal job-related matter
- someone who is racist
- someone who just wanted the thrill of killing someone
- someone who personally knew him and was angry with him or wanted to hurt someone he loved

 

[Jbootneil]

This is only less than a page long? The killer hasn’t even been caught! This should be a big <modsnip> deal

 

[Mojito]

USPS Inspection Service offers $50K reward for information about killed postal worker

The United States Postal Inspection Service is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest after a postal worker was shot and killed Friday night.

www.tmj4.com

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I can't get the link to load Is that Aundre the mail carrier walking in the left picture?

 

[Dre]

Wow this made me sick to my stomach! Rest in peace Aundre
So hope they get Justice for his family and community. The holidays always seem to make tragedy feel even darker

 

[YaYa_521]

I can't get the link to load Is that Aundre the mail carrier walking in the left picture?

The article doesn't say whether the person in the photo is Aundre. It only describes the vehicle. My guess is it's a photo of the perp. MOO

 

[YaYa_521]

@Mojito

What we know about the shooting death of US Postal Service employee Aundre Cross on Milwaukee's north side

Authorities have released images and a description of a vehicle suspected to be involved in the fatal shooting of Aundre Cross.

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What happened during the incident?​

According to police, Cross was shot at about 6 p.m. Dec. 9 on the 5000 block of North 65th Street, on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Surveillance video obtained by WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WISN-TV (Channel 12) shows a person walking across a yard, away from a silver vehicle, before going off camera. A gunshot is then heard and a person can then be seen running back to the vehicle.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service circulated photos of a vehicle suspected to be involved in the Dec. 9 shooting death of Aundre Cross, an 18-year veteran mail carrier. The vehicle is described as a silver Audi Q5 SUV with tinted windows.

 

[YaYa_521]

*Video at link* - Aundre's USPS shirt and beanie brought tears to my eyes.

Milwaukee postal service employee Aundre Cross killed, memorial grows

Aundre Cross was shot and killed while delivering mail on Milwaukee' north side Friday.

www.jsonline.com

 

[YaYa_521]

Mystery as mail carrier shot and killed in Milwaukee

Police are yet to identify a suspect or motive in the shooting death of 44-year-old father of three Aundre Cross

news.yahoo.com

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$50,000 reward

• silver Audi Q5 SUV with tinted windows

2 Milwaukee letter carrier robberies preceded postal worker's murder

"It’s probably every week, every other week, someone’s getting assaulted or attempted robbery."

www.fox6now.com

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On Nov. 18 around 2 p.m., Milwaukee police said a mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint near Hoyt and Medford.
Days later, blue USPS drop boxes in Shorewood at the main post office and another just down the street were emptied out. Shorewood police started investigating when four people came in saying checks had been altered. [snip] On Dec. 7 around 3 p.m., another mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the Riverwest neighborhood near Bremen and Auer.

 

[Mojito]

The article doesn't say whether the person in the photo is Aundre. It only describes the vehicle. My guess is it's a photo of the perp. MOO

Oh I see now. Someone in the silver vehicle got out, shots were heard, the person went back to the vehicle. For some reason I assumed the silver car had driven by and shot at Mr. Cross.

 

[Mojito]

Mystery as mail carrier shot and killed in Milwaukee

Police are yet to identify a suspect or motive in the shooting death of 44-year-old father of three Aundre Cross

news.yahoo.com

SBM
$50,000 reward

• silver Audi Q5 SUV with tinted windows

2 Milwaukee letter carrier robberies preceded postal worker's murder

"It’s probably every week, every other week, someone’s getting assaulted or attempted robbery."

www.fox6now.com

SBM

On Nov. 18 around 2 p.m., Milwaukee police said a mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint near Hoyt and Medford.
Days later, blue USPS drop boxes in Shorewood at the main post office and another just down the street were emptied out. Shorewood police started investigating when four people came in saying checks had been altered. [snip] On Dec. 7 around 3 p.m., another mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the Riverwest neighborhood near Bremen and Auer.

That's interesting. Sounds like someone had been tampering with mail in the drop boxes. Might be motive to shoot Mr. Cross if he knew and was going to report it.

 

[arielilane]

Our world is too cruel and dangerous anymore. So sorry for Mr. Cross’ loved ones. Hope this monster(s) is found soon and removed from society. RIP Mr. Cross.

 

[MajorHoople]

3 people arrested, charged in killing of Milwaukee mail carrier

Kevin McCaa, 36, and Charles Ducksworth Jr., 26, accused of shooting, killing Aundre Cross.

www.wisn.com

Dec 30, 2022

"Three people have been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of a Milwaukee mail carrier earlier this month.

Aundre Cross died while on the job in a shooting on Dec. 9 at 65th Street and Lancaster Avenue in Milwaukee.

The federal complaint alleges that Kevin McCaa, 36, and Charles Ducksworth Jr., 26, both of Milwaukee, killed or aided and abetted the killing of a postal employee."

"According to the federal complaint, investigators used surveillance video and cellphone records to track the three suspects.

The complaint says surveillance footage shows the suspects following Cross for 40 minutes from a silver Audi SUV while Cross delivered mail along his route.

According to the complaint, "Suspect A then crossed the street and approached the Victim from behind, at which point a gunshot can be heard on the footage. Suspect A then proceeded to run across the street..." in the direction of the Audi SUV.

The federal complaint suggests McCaa and Ducksworth Jr. were shipping drugs from California to addresses near their homes."

"The complaint says Cross scanned a package on Dec. 2, one week before his murder, as "Delivery Attempted- No Access to Delivery Location."

That package never made it back to the postal office as per protocol.

The complaint reads, "USPS business records indicate the scan occurred in the vicinity of North 77th Street and West Carmen Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is approximately one and a half miles away from the delivery address. Following the Subject Offense, Postal Inspectors visited the Victim's assigned USPS post office and were unable to locate Subject Parcel #1."

An investigator wrote in the complaint, "Based on my training and experience, Subject Parcel #1 being scanned as 'Delivery Attempted- No Access to Delivery Location', combined with evidence it was not returned to its original USPS delivery unit, could indicate that a USPS employee retained the parcel or provided it to someone else outside of normal operations."

 

[MajorHoople]

I don't enjoy posting this comment and the one directly above, but the investigation has led in a different direction.

It seems that some drug dealers have been receiving shipments of illegal street drugs in the mail and one package turned up missing.

The drug dealers suspected that Aundre stole their package and they murdered him. The Postal Inspectors conducted their own investigation and the information they discovered led them to believe that the drug dealer's suspicions may have been correct.

Investigators Believe Missing Drug Package May Have Prompted Murder Of Milwaukee Mail Carrier

CBS 58 - Dec 30, 2022

 

[LadyL]

I don't enjoy posting this comment and the one directly above, but the investigation has led in a different direction.

It seems that some drug dealers have been receiving shipments of illegal street drugs in the mail and one package turned up missing.

The drug dealers suspected that Aundre stole their package and they murdered him. The Postal Inspectors conducted their own investigation and the information they discovered led them to believe that the drug dealer's suspicions may have been correct.

Investigators Believe Missing Drug Package May Have Prompted Murder Of Milwaukee Mail Carrier

CBS 58 - Dec 30, 2022

that's unfortuunate

 

[Mojito]

I didn't see that coming.