On October 13, 2021, Jason Schaefer, a 33-year-old United States Postal Service carrier, was shot multiple times and killed while delivering mail to neighborhood mailboxes on Heatherhill Street near Renaissance Drive in the Somerset Meadows area of Longmont, Colorado. Witnesses described seeing a figure in dark clothing, a hooded sweatshirt, and a blue mask fleeing the scene. Schaefer was remembered as a friendly carrier who went the extra mile for residents.

Investigators from the Longmont Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the FBI developed leads pointing to a personal conflict rather than a random attack. Authorities arrested 26-year-old Devan Schreiner, identified as Schaefer’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child; court filings indicate a recent custody dispute and a motion Schaefer filed to modify parenting time two days before the shooting. A second person arrested was 34-year-old Andrew James AJ Ritchie, a federal corrections officer, who investigators say had a relationship with Schreiner and was alleged to have been involved in planning and following Schaefer on his route.

Community members marked the loss with a procession of postal vehicles along Schaefer’s route. If anyone in the Longmont area has information about Jason, his route that day, or the events leading up to October 13, 2021, please come forward.