WASHINGTON — Police in Southeast D.C. are looking for the person who carjacked a U.S. Postal Service truck while a letter carrier was delivering mail on Monday.
The letter carrier was in the 2900 block of M Street, Southeast when someone approached her and demanded the keys after showing her a gun.
The vehicle was later recovered on 34th Street.
Patricia Chittams, a 30-year resident of Southeast D.C. and former advisory neighborhood commissioner (ANC), says her husband was home when the letter carrier was carjacked.
“There is no respect for anything anymore and I hate to say it, but I’m not surprised,” Chittams said.
According to DC Police data, crime in this neighborhood is down from the same time last year.
Neighbors say this is just the latest incident in what they perceive to be an increase in crimes on this block over the last two months.