Man Indicted on Murder Charge in Shooting of Postal Worker

Man Indicted on Murder Charge in Shooting of Postal Worker
Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting of a postal worker in front of a house on Suburban Ave. in Collier Township, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2021. Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
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COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa.—A former neighbor of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been indicted on a murder charge after he told authorities he thought the mail carrier had poisoned him and his family with cyanide, federal prosecutors said.

Eric Kortz, 53, is charged with murder of a U.S. employee and firing a gun during a crime of violence in the indictment handed up Wednesday by a federal grand jury in western Pennsylvania. He remains jailed and could face a life sentence if convicted.