WEST RIDGE — A U.S. Postal carrier told police that a man pulled a handgun from his girlfriend’s purse and threatened to shoot him while he delivered mail in West Ridge.
Rogers Park District police officers responding to the carrier’s 911 call at 1:50 p.m. on March 13 arrested George Morgan, 21, of the 6200 block of North Richmond Street, and charged him with aggravated assault with a handgun, according to a police report of the incident.
Morgan was taken into custody in an alley off the 2500 block of West Lunt Avenue, near where the mail carrier was threatened, police said. During the arrest, officers did not find the handgun allegedly used in the incident in the woman’s purse, according to the report.
The mail carrier, who was not named in the report, called police after Morgan allegedly pulled the gun from a woman’s bag and pointed it at him. The postal employee, who was in uniform, said he had looked both ways before crossing the street on Lunt Avenue just south of Indian Boundary Park when he accidentally caught Morgan’s eye.
“What the f--- you looking at!?” Morgan shouted from across the street as he went for the gun, according to the report. “You want me to shoot you up!?”
The mail carrier said he grabbed his phone to call 911 when Morgan stuffed the gun back into his girlfriend’s bag and both ran away. Despite not finding the weapon, Morgan was charged after the mail carrier identified him as the man who had made the threat.
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