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groundloop

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:21 PM 12 hrs ago

Metro Atlanta USPS worker shot, killed delivering mail [View all]

Source: WSB TV

A community is mourning a U.S. Postal Service worker who family and friends say was shot and killed while delivering mail.

Loved ones say it happened Thursday near Oxford Drive in DeKalb County. The victim is 31-year-old Dequavious Graves.

Moments later a USPS mail truck is seen slowly veering off Oxford Drive, eventually stopping in Elizabeth Nace’s yard. Video shows her walking out her front door and trying to flag down a neighbor.

“I need help with mailman. Something is wrong with the mailman, something is wrong,” she is heard saying.

Read more: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/metro-atlanta-usps-worker-shot-killed-while-delivering-mail-family-friends-mourn/SCHMVRGZ6NAU3J5E7XMAM7KEWU/

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I know, just one single boring gun death out of an average of 130 per day in the US..... groundloop 12 hrs ago #1
How tragic. WhiteTara 12 hrs ago #2
I hate guns. chowder66 11 hrs ago #3
protect our mailpersons maliaSmith 9 hrs ago #4
Tragic BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #5
My husband Rebl2 8 hrs ago #6
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