"I came out and picked up the mail like I usually do, I was on my way to the doctor and I heard two big bangs when I was back there folding clothes and I thought that was just somebody messing with the dogs, because the dogs were going wild in the back," Crawford said.



Then, he heard sirens, so he immediately came outside.



"I asked her what happened and she said somebody shot the mailman," Crawford said. "I said 'shot the mailman, not Youngster,' I call him Youngster and I was like 'why, he don't bother nobody, he's just doing his job, why would somebody shoot the mailman?'"



Louisville Metro Police won't say if the worker was shot while in his van or on foot, but it appeared bullet holes could be seen in the van's window.



"It's unfortunate anytime anyone gets shot and certainly when you think of someone who is doing their job. It's a very tragic situation that happened," LMPD's Dwight Mitchell said.



LMPD was joined by ATF and the US Postal Inspections Service as this is a federal crime.