August 29, 1995 -- 11 a.m. EDT
PALATINE, Illinois (CNN) -- Police in the Chicago suburb of Palatine have arrested a postal employee in the shooting of two people at a mail processing center Tuesday morning. One of the victims was critically wounded. All three workers apparently are mail sorters. There is no immediate word on the gunman's motive.
Police said the employee used a semi-automatic handgun. They tracked him to his home in the northwestern suburb of Northlake half an hour after the shooting. The gunman shot one person in the building's lobby and the other in the sorting area. The victim in critical condition reportedly suffered two gunshots to the chest. The other victim was shot in the neck.
There have been 39 killings in U.S. post offices in the past decade.
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