St. Paul postal employee allegedly shoots co-worker inside USPS office, police say

By Stephen Swanson

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    ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — St. Paul police are investigating a shooting involving two postal workers on Sunday that left one with life-threatening injuries.

It happened at about 3:30 p.m. at the post office on West Seventh Avenue near Alaska Avenue, just a few blocks east of Highland National Golf Course.

Police say officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. He is being treated at Regions Hospital.

The suspect, a 28-year-old St. Paul man, left the scene but was arrested during a traffic stop about 90 minutes later about a mile southwest of the post office.

Police are still investigating what led up to the shooting.

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