3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities accidental 2 Postal Service workers person been fatally changeable astatine a postal installation successful Memphis, the 3rd high-profile shooting successful westbound Tennessee successful caller weeks.

A 3rd postal worker was identified arsenic the shooter Tuesday, and officials accidental that idiosyncratic died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

U.S. Postal Inspector Susan Link told reporters that the 3 postal workers were recovered dormant aft the shooting astatine a bearer annex successful an historical Memphis neighborhood.

No identities oregon motive were released.

The shooting occurred astatine a station bureau installation successful the historical Orange Mound neighborhood, southeast of downtown Memphis.

Tennessee has been the hotbed for high-profile shootings successful caller weeks. In precocious September, a antheral changeable 15 radical wrong a Kroger, leaving 1 idiosyncratic dead. The shooter besides died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Days later, a teen was changeable wrong a school. Memphis constabulary detained the shooter.