This photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017 shows Deshaune K. Stewart, 24. Stewart, a disgruntled mail carrier facing dismissal, has been charged with aggravated murder for fatally shooting his supervisor at a suburban Ohio post office and with murder for killing a postmaster outside of her apartment complex on Saturday. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office via The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal criminal complaint says a disgruntled Ohio postal worker murdered two U.S. government employees for performing their official duties.
The complaint signed by a U.S. postal inspector was filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in Columbus. Twenty-four-year-old Deshaune Stewart was arrested Saturday, accused of fatally shooting his supervisor at a post office in suburban Columbus and then killing a postmaster outside her apartment.
Authorities say Stewart was naked during both attacks.
A federal spokeswoman says Stewart remains in state custody. A county court record earlier indicated a mental evaluation was ordered.
No attorney was listed for Stewart.
Authorities say he first killed Lance Dempsey at a post office in Dublin early Saturday. Nearly three hours later, police found Postmaster Ginger Ballard dead between vehicles with blunt-force trauma to her head.
Columbus police investigate the scene where the body of the postmaster, Ginger Ballard, 53, was found lying between two vehicles at an apartment complex at Bowland Place, Saturday, December 23, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. DeShaune Stewart, 24, of Columbus, a disgruntled mail carrier facing dismissal has been charged with aggravated murder for fatally shooting his supervisor, Lance Dempsey, at a suburban Ohio post office and with murder for killing the postmaster outside of her apartment complex. (Randy Ludlow/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at a post office Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in Dublin, Ohio. A disgruntled mail carrier facing dismissal has been charged with aggravated murder for fatally shooting his supervisor at the suburban Ohio post office and with murder for killing a postmaster outside of her apartment complex. Police say 24-year-old DeShaune Stewart was naked during the slayings Saturday morning inside the Dublin post office and at the Columbus apartment complex. (Randy Ludlow/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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