Apr 10, 2001 - 11:38 PM

Man Killed After Stabbing Four at Postal Facility The Associated Press

KEARNY, N.J. (AP) - A former postal worker was shot and killed by police Tuesday night after he walked into a Postal Service facility and stabbed four people, none fatally, authorities said. The man had quit his temporary job at the facility last month after a personnel dispute, and may have returned to retaliate against other employees, said Terrence Hull, a Hudson County prosecutor.

The man walked into the lobby of the bulk mailing facility armed with a .380-caliber handgun and two knives and attacked the workers, Hull said.

Three police officers arrived after a 911 call and saw the man in a locker room, covered in his own blood after apparently trying to cut his wrists.

"He approached the officers and he was instructed to drop his weapons a number of times," Hull said. "When he didn't all three officers discharged their weapons."

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified only as a 26-year-old from Newark who immigrated from Ethiopia in 1994.

The injured suffered stab wounds and cuts, and were treated at area hospitals and released.

The man resigned March 5 and had held temporary jobs three other times with the Postal Service, Hull said.

He said the handgun was loaded with eight rounds of ammunition but apparently was not fired during the attack.

The postal facility, located in an industrial park, employs about 250 and handles priority mail. Most of the workers were moved to a remote part of the building during the incident.

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-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

Answers

Oh, good, it's not Miami.

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

Friggin' casuals!

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

I remember the 6 months I worked for the USPS in New Jersey many years ago. Some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to work with were on that job, also some of the creepiest and most dysfunctional. When I dreamed for three nights running that I was taking a particular co-worker by the head and putting it in a bucket of water until the bubbles stopped coming up, I realized it was time to move on, even though the money was so good.

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

Gee Firemouse, sounds like you were just about ready to be a supervisor...or a safety captain. LOL

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001