An on-duty mail carrier was fatally shot Friday on the city’s Far South Side, fire officials and witnesses said.

Octavia Redmond, 48, of Chicago,, was pronounced dead at 12:20 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Redmond was in front of a residence in the 12100 block of South Harvard Avenue when an unknown assailant fired at her about 11:40 a.m., fire and police officials said. The shooter jumped in a vehicle and sped away westbound on 121st Street, police said.

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