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Justin L. Mack, Vic Ryckaert, Mary Claire MolloyView CommentsUpdate: Federal against a man accused of killing a letter carrier after his mail was suspended because of an aggressive dog.Earlier: Indianapolis and federal police&nbsp;have made an arrest in connection to the fatal shooting of a mail carrier.Tony Cushingberry, 21, was arrested Wednesday in the shooting that killed Angela Summers, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said in a news release.The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading and IMPD is assisting with the homicide investigation. Neither agency released information on possible motives for the shooting.Summers,&nbsp;45, was shot Monday afternoon as she delivered mail in a neighborhood near East Michigan Street and North Sherman Drive, police said.A neighbor, who asked not to be identified over fears for his safety, said he&nbsp;knew Summers well. They talked frequently as she walked along her route. They were friends&nbsp;on Facebook, he said."She was a friend of mine, not just my letter carrier," the man saidThe man was in his yard on Monday afternoon&nbsp;when he heard shouting and cursing coming from the home.&nbsp;"I heard words, angry words," he said. "Then I heard&nbsp;the pop of gunfire."The neighbor said he heard a single shot.Alondra Salazar, 19, was falling asleep in her home on North Denny Street when she heard a loud bang.&nbsp;"At first I thought something had fallen in the house," Salazar said. "I heard someone knocking."&nbsp;Salazar looked through the peephole and didn't see anything. When she opened the door, she found the wounded Summers on the porch.&nbsp;There was blood and undelivered mail beside her, along with a small bottle of hand sanitizer and a can of pepper spray, Salazar said. There was a bullet hole in the door.&nbsp;Salazar called 911 and held Summers' hand, she said, trying to calm her as they waited for paramedics.&nbsp;“She couldn’t speak, she was hyperventilating,” Salazar said. “I think she said something about her kid and that’s when I started crying.”&nbsp;Summers died later at an area hospital.Read more:&nbsp;While authorities have not disclosed a motive for the shooting, Paul Toms, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Indianapolis branch, told IndyStar in a phone interview that the shooting took place at a house where he believed Summers had issues with an aggressive dog.Toms said&nbsp;a house on Denny had received three official notices about dogs. The third dog warning, Toms said, typically means mail delivery is suspended. "There had been a long-standing issue with dogs at that residence," Toms said.Facebook posts from Angela Summers two days before her death also detail her dealings with&nbsp;a family on her route that refused to keep an aggressive dog inside.“This dog is a nasty devil that I’ve actually had to spray — twice!” Summers wrote.When the post office stopped delivering their mail due to Summers' complaints, she wrote that the family threatened her and demanded their mail.&nbsp;Summers wrote that she felt "seriously unsafe" after the threats.&nbsp;Her Facebook posts, however, do not indicate where the house was located.&nbsp;Again, authorities have not disclosed any information about motive.Federal charges are pending in U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler's office. The case remained under investigation.Contact IndyStar reporter Vic Ryckaert at 317-444-2701 or vic.ryckaert@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @VicRyc.Call IndyStar reporter Justin L. Mack at 317-444-6138. Follow him on Twitter: .View Comments

Justin L. Mack, Vic Ryckaert, Mary Claire MolloyView CommentsUpdate: Federal against a man accused of killing a letter carrier after his mail was suspended because of an aggressive dog.Earlier: Indianapolis and federal police&nbsp;have made an arrest in connection to the fatal shooting of a mail carrier.Tony Cushingberry, 21, was arrested Wednesday in the shooting that killed Angela Summers, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said in a news release.The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading and IMPD is assisting with the homicide investigation. Neither agency released information on...

21-year-old man arrested in fatal shooting of Indianapolis mail carrier Angela Summers

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