WARREN, Ohio — A USPS mail carrier in northeast Ohio is dead after he was shot while inside his work van Saturday afternoon, according to police.
Officers with the Warren Police Department were called to the 600 block of Olive Avenue Northeast on a report of shots being fired around 1:45 p.m. When they arrived, they found 33-year-old Jonte Davis suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police said Davis was shot by a suspect in another vehicle while he was inside his U.S. postal van.
Officers and medics performed life-saving measures at the scene before Davis was taken to Trumbull Regional Medical Center. He later died from his injuries at the hospital.
Police said the suspect's vehicle was later located in a driveway less than two miles away from the shooting in the 400 block of Maryland Avenue Northeast. A search warrant for the home and the vehicle was obtained and the Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team was called to assist with serving the warrant.
"Evidence, including the suspect vehicle, was recovered and several individuals were transported to the Warren Police Department to be interviewed," police said in a release on Facebook.
No one has been taken into custody yet, according to police.
Police believe that Davis and the suspect knew each other.
USPS and the FBI are assisting police in the investigation.
Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact Det. John Greaver at 330-841-2723 or jgreaver@warren.org.
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