DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A community is mourning a U.S. Postal Service worker who family and friends say was shot and killed while delivering mail.
Loved ones say it happened Thursday near Oxford Drive in DeKalb County.
Channel 2’s Cory James is live in DeKalb County for WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. after speaking with the victim’s family.
That victim is 31-year-old Dequavious Graves.
According to neighbors, he was driving his USPS truck down the road when the shooting happened.
Loved ones say for four years Graves worked as a mailman. Some of that time was at the Wesley Chapel post office.
His family described him as funny, stylish, and big into music. They just can’t believe someone killed him.
“The hardest part is just knowing I’ll never talk to him again, knowing the chapter of our friendship cousin relation is over,” said Nosakhere Andrews, Graves’ cousin.
Dekalb County PD and the United States Postal Inspection Service are investigating.
So far, suspect information has not been released.
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