Joseph VanderPaauw

Death by Force

On October 10, 1991, Joseph VanderPaauw, a 59-year-old male mail handler from Prospect Park, New Jersey, arrived for his shift at the Ridgewood post office, unaware of the horrific events that would shortly unfold. His life was tragically cut short in a violent rampage carried out by a disgruntled former postal worker, Joseph Harris. Dressed in combat fatigues and a ninja mask, Harris was armed with a machine gun, grenades, and a samurai sword, bent on revenge for his dismissal from the same pos ...Read More

THE RIDGEWOOD BLOG.: >Remembering the 1991 Ridgewood Postal Shooting

Fired postal worker suspected of killing two hostages, two others - UPI

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