Postal Worker Shot At In Florida City; Suspect In Custody

Miami FL

22 June, 2021

1:43 PM

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By Karli Barnett, CBS Miami June 22, 2021 A man is being held in the Miami Federal Detention Center, accused of firing at a mail carrier Monday afternoon. A postal worker was on her usual route in Florida City. Around 1:30 p.m. she said she spotted a man pointing a gun at her from a second-floor window of the Tower View Villas complex in the 600 block of NW 6th Street. "She saw a person in the window upstairs who had a rifle," said Inspector Blanca Alvarez with the United States Postal Service. "She went immediately back to her vehicle and started to drive away." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.