Indianapolis man who was upset he wasn’t getting his mail pleads guilty to killing a postal worker

An Indianapolis man who was upset that he wasn’t getting his mail pleaded responsible to fatally capturing a postal provider, prosecutors stated Wednesday.

Tony Cushingberry, 23, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide Tuesday within the 2020 dying of letter provider Angela Summers, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for Southern Indiana stated.

He faces a most sentence of life in jail. A sentencing date hasn’t been set.

Mail wasn’t being delivered to Cushingberry’s house due to points with a canine on the house, in accordance with court docket paperwork.

Whereas Summers was delivering mail on April 27, 2020, Cushingberry approached her and she or he backed away onto a neighbor’s porch. She sprayed him with defensive spray simply earlier than she was shot, plea settlement paperwork say.

“Summers was a devoted public servant merely doing her job when she was senselessly murdered,” U.S. Legal professional Zachary A. Myers stated in a press release.

A request for remark from an lawyer listed as representing Cushingberry wasn’t instantly returned Wednesday.

Cushingberry instructed police that he did not intend to kill the letter provider however wished to scare her, a postal inspector wrote in an affidavit related to a felony criticism.

The mail on the house was positioned on maintain and needed to be retrieved from a publish workplace about two weeks earlier than the capturing due to the canine, the affidavit says.