CT postal carrier reportedly robbed at gunpoint during his route in Hamden

A USPS postal carrier was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in Hamden on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Officers responded to 245 Treadwell Street around 3:43 p.m. on Saturday for a report of a street robbery with a firearm, according to the Hamden Police Department.

The victim, a USPS postal carrier, told officers that he was delivering mail on his route on Treadwell Street when a Black Jeep SUV with heavily tinted windows parked behind his postal truck. He told officers a passenger of the Jeep, a man wearing a black ski mask/hat, a dark gray long-sleeved shirt and black pants, exited the Jeep and approached him, police said.

He said the man displayed a handgun and demanded his work keys, according to police. The postal carrier told police handed his work keys to the man, who got back into the Jeep and fled onto Leeder Hill Drive.

The incident is under investigation by the Hamden Police Department Major Crimes Unit. Anyone with information is asked to call 203-230-4000. All calls will be confidential.