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‘Final ride’: Procession honors USPS employee killed in Fort Pierce shootings

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Family, friends and coworkers honored the life of Roosevelt “Kent” Benjamin, one of the three people killed in the Fort Pierce shootings a week ago, today.

Benjamin’s family described him as a beloved husband, father and USPS worker for over 30 years.

USPS employees and postal masters from around the state held a procession Saturday morning from the post office where he worked in Fort Pierce, to his home on Avenue P, just a few blocks away.

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