Prince George’s County Police on Sunday identified the letter carrier who was shot and killed Saturday night as Tyson Jerome Barnette, 26, of Upper Marlboro, and postal officials are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. 
 
 Barnette was delivering mail in a Landover neighborhood not far from the Cheverly Metro station when he was killed. 
 
 Police said that around 7:20 p.m. officers were called to the 1600 block of Reed Street for reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found Barnette suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said detectives are working to identify the suspect or suspects and a motive in this case. 
 
 George T. Maffett Jr., a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, said that Barnette had been a letter carrier for six years and had been on this particular Landover route three times in the last month. 
 
 On Sunday, union officials also expressed their sympathy. 
 
 “Our thoughts and prayers are with the letter carrier and his family during this very difficult time,’’ said Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, adding that: “The nation’s letter carriers deliver the mail in every community throughout the country. This tragic incident highlights the need in all operational decisions about how and when mail is delivered to give priority consideration to the safety of these dedicated public servants.” 
 
 One resident of the street said he was returning home just as the carrier had finished placing mail into the letter box at his house. 
 
 He said the worker was not the regular carrier, and when he called to him, he did not respond. 
 
 The man took his mail and went into his house. Within minutes, the man said, he heard two or three gunshots. 
 
 When he looked out, he said, he noted that a Postal Service truck was near the corner of the street, but he did not see a carrier. 
 
 Officer Harry Bond, Prince George’s County Police spokesman, said the neighborhood is in an area about a half-mile south of the Cheverly Metrorail station. 
 
 Shootings of mail carriers in uniform and on their rounds are extremely unusual. 
 
 Anyone with information is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 301-772-4925. Callers who don’t want to reveal their identity may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) using a cellphone or go to www.pgcrimesolvers.com to submit a tip online. A reward of up to $25,000 is offered to anyone who provides information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. ||||| CLOSE 26-year-old Tyson Barnette was on his assigned route in Landover, Maryland Saturday evening when police say he was shot multiple times. VPC 
 
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 The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $100,000 award for information 
 
 Concerns have been rising about the safety of postal workers on the street after dark 
 
 LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police have identified a 26-year-old postal worker who was gunned down while delivering mail as Tyson Barnette of Upper Marlboro. Barnette was on his assigned route in the 1600 block of Reed Street in Landover, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when police say he was shot multiple times. 
 
 Prince George's County police are offering a $25,000 reward for help in identifying suspects. 
 
 The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is putting up a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and a conviction. 
 
 Resident Paulette Richardson said she "knew they were gunshots because I know what gunshots sound like. I started running." 
 
 Kenneth Lerch is President of the Rockville branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, and although he didn't represent Barnette or the area where he was killed, Lerch has been the loudest voice in trying to get postal workers off the streets before it gets dark. 
 
 "I'm outraged. I'm more than angry. It didn't have to happen," Lerch said. 
 
 He's been outspoken about the dangers for years and brought it up again just last week in a meeting with the Post Master. 
 
 Last year in a meeting with the District manager Lerch made a grim prediction. 
 
 "I said something, someone is seriously going to be injured or worse, or worse, and it happened." 
 
 Union members say their routes are longer, they're understaffed and they say after this tragedy something must change. 
 
 "It's bound to happen again if something is not done about it, it is inherently dangerous to deliver mail in the dark," Lerch said. 
 
 "It gets dark at 5 [p.m.], at 7 [p.m.] it's pitch dark out here, Richardson said. "Nobody should be out here delivering mail. I think it's wrong." 
 
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– Postal officials are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of a Maryland letter carrier gunned down as he delivered the mail. Police say Tyson Barnette, 26, was shot multiple times while on duty Saturday evening in Landover, and they have yet to identify a suspect or motive, reports the Washington Post. He was delivering mail after sunset on a street with few lights and union officials say they have long warned about understaffing forcing letter carriers to work after dark. "I'm outraged. I'm more than angry. It didn't have to happen," the chief of a nearby branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers tells USA Today. "It's bound to happen again if something is not done about it; it is inherently dangerous to deliver mail in the dark." At a vigil for Barnette last night, fellow letter carriers described him as a wonderful person and said what happened to him could have happened to any of them.