SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A U.S. postal worker has been shot to death in a northern Louisiana city.
 
Shreveport police tell KTBS-TV that the shooting happened Saturday morning in a residential area.
 
Police say the man was shot in the upper body multiple times and was taken to a hospital, where he died.
 
The Caddo Parish coroner's office did not immediately release the name of the postal worker.
 
Police were questioning several witnesses, and the Shreveport Times reported that a postal inspector also was investigating.
 
A U.S. Postal Service spokesman did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press.