Postal workers, friends, host celebration of life event in Milwaukee to honor USPS worker killed on duty

 

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Friends and coworkers of 44-year-old Aundre Cross, the USPS letter carrier who was shot and killed while on the job in December, gathered at the Skybox Sports Bar in Milwaukee Sunday night to celebrate his life. 

Many came to share jokes and memories, while wearing sweatshirts and jackets decorated with Cross' face. 

#NOW: SkyBox Sports Bar in #Milwaukee is starting to fill up as friends and coworkers of #AundreCross, the 44yo USPS letter carrier shot and killed while on the job in December, host an event celebrating his life. @CBS58pic.twitter.com/u4dfP4Jmcg

— Ellie Nakamoto-White (@ellienw_news) January 15, 2023

“Everybody that knew him, didn’t know him, like you said, we’re all one big family at the post office," said coworker Marc Cobb. "It means a lot having everybody here.”

Another one of Cross' coworkers, Christopher Matthews, remembered meeting him when he started his job.

“Dre was an uplifting person. If you were feeling down, he’d pick you up and if he couldn’t, he would find a way to make you get through your day," Matthews said. “He was just live all the time. You could come in in the morning, everybody tired, Dre was the one to get you there to get your day going.”

Loved ones told CBS 58's Ellie Nakamoto-White that despite the tragedy, Cross' legacy will continue to live on forever.

“He was an outgoing soul that was taken from us unnecessarily, but at the end of the day I know he would appreciate this, coworkers, family coming together to appreciate him," Matthews said. "I know he’s smiling, and I know he’s looking at us saying I love y’all for that."