Postal worker shot and killed on Chicago's South Side

CHICAGO (CBS) — A postal worker was shot and killed in the West Pullman neighborhood on Friday. 

Police said the shooting happened around 11:40 a.m. in the 12100 block of South Harvard Avenue. 

The postal worker was in front of a home when an unknown man walked up and shot her, then fled in a vehicle.

The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds, and was pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified her as Octavia Redmond, of Chicago.

No one was in custody Friday afternoon. Area 2 detectives were investigating.