Chicago man indicted on charges he ordered the murder of a postal worker

Prosecutors Thursday announced the indictment of a man accused of ordering the killing of a Chicago postal worker.

Lyndell Deyoung, 35, has been charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of murder by acts creating a strong probability of death or great bodily harm in connection with the shooting death of 48-year-old Octavia Redmond, a postal carrier who was gunned down in July 2024.

He was arrested in August following a joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Chicago Police…

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