PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A 25-year-old U.S. Postal Service veteran has been hospitalized after being brutally beaten on his way over the weekend to Mount Lebanon and Brookline.
Postal worker Charles Schmidlin was fatally beaten with a baseball bat during an unprovoked attack.
According to a criminal complaint filed against 43-year-old Matthew Harrison, Schmidlin was attacked from behind outside his postal vehicle.
The complaint said Schmidlin had broken wrists and hands, as well as serious injuries to his head, back, and swollen eyes.
The SWAT team of the Pittsburgh Police was called to take Harrison into custody after he hid inside his home in Brookline.
Schmiedlin is recovering and Harrison faces criminal attempt to murder and felony assault charges.