Neighbors describe the moment a mail carrier was attacked at the College Hill apartment complex

From his patio at the Courtyard of College Hill Apartments on Lantana Ave. Raymond Jones watched as three young men appeared out of nowhere just before 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon. “One was really big, the next one was about a step lower,” Jones said. “And there was a little, little guy, you know. All faces covered, hoodies on.” Jones said the trio attempted to enter one of the units, but a locked door prevented them from doing so. At this point they sat down and waited for a mailman to show up. Jones said the mail carrier appeared to be on guard as he walked to another building because it was possible the suspects had followed him. “He (the mailman) when I looked back, they were coming in, you know,” Jones said. “Then one, the little, little guy, kept looking in, and then he finally walked through the door and the door closed. Then all hell broke loose, you know.” Police said the suspects repeatedly punched and kicked the van, injuring a swollen lip and knocking him unconscious before stealing his keys. “It just happened. We didn’t have time to react. At that point, they broke out of there and went to the other side,” Jones said. “I jumped over the fence on this side and went back down there.” Police have not made any arrests. Jones and his neighbor Linda Speed ​​are hoping investigators break the case to send a message to everyone targeting postal workers.” “It’s frustrating. They need to figure something out and get a job — and stop taking away from people who are trying to make a living,” Speed ​​said. “It could happen to anyone, you know, but not the mailman, you.” “You know,” Jones said. “He doesn’t bother anyone. He doesn’t have any money on him or anything, you know. So that’s disturbing.” In a call from the mail carrier to 911, he described his attackers as three black male teenagers wearing black masks and all-black clothing.