West

California postal worker robbed at gunpoint in brazen daytime attack caught on video: ‘I’m going to die'

Published

2 years ago

May 13, 2024

California postal worker robbed at gunpoint in brazen daytime attack caught on video: ‘I’m going to die'

A 63-year-old postal worker is recovering after she was robbed by masked assailants at gunpoint in Dublin, California, this week in a shocking, midday attack caught on surveillance video.

The 33-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service is seen in the video putting mail into a mailbox around 4:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood east of San Francisco, when a masked man dressed in black runs up to her from behind, grabs her, and points a gun at her head as a second masked person runs up to surround her.

“Somebody came up behind me and ‘boom,’ just hit me, and put a gun to my head,” the postal employee, who asked not to be identified, told FOX 2. “He said, ‘Give me your keys. You don’t want to die, do you?’ I go, ‘No, no, no.’ So I reached in, got my keys, and he goes, ‘Where’s your phone? You got two minutes.’”

A postal worker is surrounded by two assailants in California. (FOX 2)

She said she thought, “I’m going to die.”

Although she worried they were going to shoot her, she said she kept telling herself to “stay calm.”

After the robbers ran away on foot with her cellphone and keys to several mailboxes and to her truck, the woman went to a neighbor’s home and called 911.

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Police are still searching for the robbers in a joint investigation with U.S. postal inspectors. (FOX 2)

Police are still searching for the suspects and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $150,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

In surveillance video, a blue Infiniti is seen driving to and leaving the scene.

“I feel anxious, I can’t sleep. My heart is pounding,” she told the station, adding that while she wasn’t injured in the attack, she is seeing a therapist for her trauma.

The woman is a 33-year veteran of the postal service. (FOX 2)

But, she says she hopes she can return to her job.

“I like my job,” she professed. “I love my customers. I love to serve them.”

The Dublin attack is the latest in a string of crimes against mail workers across the country.

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Alaska

Alaska Air National Guard rescues injured snowmachiner near Cooper Landing

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3 minutes ago

March 2, 2026

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Alaska Air National Guard rescues injured snowmachiner near Cooper Landing

An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, returns to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, after conducting a rescue mission for an injured snowmachiner, Feb. 21, 2026. The mission marked the first time the AKANG used the HH-60W for a rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon)

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard personnel conducted a rescue mission Saturday, Feb. 21, after receiving a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers through the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center.

The mission was initiated to recover an injured snowmachiner in the Cooper Landing area, approximately 60 air miles south of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The Alaska Air National Guard accepted the mission, located the individual, and transported them to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage for further medical care.

The mission marked the first search and rescue operation conducted by the 210th Rescue Squadron using the HH-60W Jolly Green II, the Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter, which is replacing the older HH-60G Pave Hawk. Guardian Angels assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron were also aboard the aircraft and assisted in the recovery of the injured individual.

Good Samaritans, who were on the ground at the accident site, deployed a signal flare, that helped the helicopter crew visually locate the injured individual in the heavily wooded area.
Due to the mountainous terrain, dense tree cover, and deep snow in the area, the helicopter was unable to land near the patient. The aircrew conducted a hoist insertion and extraction of the Guardian Angels and the injured snowmachiner. The patient was extracted using a rescue strop and hoisted into the aircraft.

The Alaska Air National Guard routinely conducts search and rescue operations across the state in support of civil authorities, providing life-saving assistance in some of the most remote and challenging environments in the world.