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It was August 20, 1986, when 44-year-old part-time letter carrier Patrick Henry Sherrill opened fire on his supervisors and coworkers at the Edmond, Oklahoma, post office, killing 14. His rampage signaled not only a new concern in workplaces everywhere, but a problem that the U.S. Postal Service in particular would be forced to confront on many occasions in the years ahead.
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Loner in 30’s Called Typical Workplace Killer,” New York Times, December 19, 1993, p. 27.
Personal communication with postal worker, March 28, 1993.
United States House of Representatives Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, A Post Office Tragedy: The Shooting at Royal Oak. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992, p. 55.
United States House of Representatives Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, A Post Office Tragedy: The Shooting at Royal Oak. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992, p. 23.
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Fox, J.A., Levin, J. (1994). The Postman Always Shoots Twice. In: Overkill. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6070-2_12
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