15-year-old boy charged in July murder of Chicago postal worker Octavia Redmond

According to Chicago Police Department (CPD), the deadly shooting unfolded on July 19 in the
12100 block of South Harvard Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood.

Following a months-long investigation by Chicago detectives, the 15-year-old was identified as the offender who shot and killed Redmond. The identity of the alleged shooter has not been released.

The alleged teenage shooter was arrested by the Chicago Police Department and the U.S.
Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Sept. 30 on the 800
block of Walford Road in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Ms. Redmond was a Chicago resident who had worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) for five years prior to being gunned down. No word on possible motive for the crime has yet been established or released to the public or media at this time.