{"id":104582,"date":"2024-03-04T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/postal-worker-shot-dead-in-his-mail-van-in-targeted-attack-ohio-police\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:09:23","slug":"postal-worker-shot-dead-in-his-mail-van-in-targeted-attack-ohio-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/postal-worker-shot-dead-in-his-mail-van-in-targeted-attack-ohio-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal worker shot dead in his mail van in targeted attack: Ohio police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-04\/Getty_030124_PoliceTape.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Getty Images &#8211; STOCK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(WARREN, Ohio) &#8212; A 33-year-old postal worker was in his mail van when he was fatally shot in a &#8220;targeted attack,&#8221; according to Ohio police.<\/p>\n<p>Jonte Davis was shot Saturday afternoon by a gunman who fired from another car, said police in Warren, about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they believe Davis and the suspect knew each other.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Saturday, the suspect&#8217;s car was discovered in a driveway, and police said they obtained a search warrant for the home and car.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were interviewed, but no one is in custody, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service and the FBI are helping with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Davis\u2019s family, friends, and fellow postal employees, who knew and worked with him,&#8221; Michael Martel, a spokesperson for the Postal Inspection Service, said in a statement. &#8220;Mr. Davis worked for USPS less than a year and was described as a good employee by his supervisors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward up to $250,000 and asks anyone with information to call them at 877-876-2455.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images &#8211; STOCK (WARREN, Ohio) &#8212; A 33-year-old postal worker was in his mail van when he was fatally shot in a &#8220;targeted attack,&#8221; according to Ohio police. Jonte Davis was shot Saturday afternoon by a gunman who fired from another car, said police in Warren, about 60 miles<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/postal-worker-shot-dead-in-his-mail-van-in-targeted-attack-ohio-police\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}