On March 6, 1985, 45-year-old Warren Bailey, a White man who was working as a night-shift supervisor at Atlanta’s main post office, was struck in the head when a coworker opened fire on the mail-sorting floor. Postal employee Steven W. Brownlee, a 30-year-old with 12 years of service, drew a .22-caliber handgun and began shooting; chaos followed as employees dove for cover or ran for the exits. Bailey was taken to South Fulton Hospital and declared brain dead; physicians kept him on support long enough for organ donation.

Another employee, Phillip Sciarrone, was also killed and Douglas M. Adams was wounded. Coworkers subdued and arrested Brownlee at the scene; he was charged with murder and aggravated assault and later indicted on two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. Reports at the time described Brownlee as disturbed and erratic; police had not established a clear motive or whether any victims were specifically targeted.

Does anyone have memories of the night shift at that facility or information that could add to what’s known about Bailey and his coworkers?