Postal Worker Fatally Shot on Route, Former Neighbor Charged

Postal Worker Fatally Shot on Route, Former Neighbor Charged
Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting of a postal worker in Collier Township, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2021. Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/AP Photo
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COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa.—A former neighbor of a U.S. Postal Service worker in Pennsylvania confessed to authorities that he fatally shot him because he believed the mail carrier previously poisoned him and his family with cyanide, a federal official said.

Eric Kortz, 53, turned himself in Thursday for the shooting death of Louis Vignone while Vignone was on his route in Collier Township, acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Stephen Kaufman said in a statement.