CHICAGO CRIME ALERT - Fed-Ex / UPS / U.S. Mail Carriers are targeted by ARMED MALE BLACKS for robberies - Mailman hit in the eye with a paintball gun

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A FedEx truck was stolen and then crashed after a police chase Wednesday morning on the South Side, police said.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody in connection with the incident.

No one was seriously injured in the robbery or crash, but is part of a string of delivery truck robberies this holiday season. In most cases, the trucks are found a short distance away, with most of the packages missing.

At about 9:15 a.m., a 46-year-old female FedEx driver was making deliveries in the 7500-block of South Green Street when a car with the two male offenders parked alongside her. One of the individuals got out of the car and showed a gun, prompting the driver to toss him the keys.

The offender drove away with the delivery truck.

At about 9:30 a.m., responding police officers spotted the delivery truck near 67th Street and South Wentworth Avenue, where the truck collided into a dark-colored sedan in the intersection, police said. The truck continued south on South Wentworth Avenue until it hit a fence and stopped.

The 15-year-old boy was transported in good condition with injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the sedan was not injured.

In a statement, FedEx said: The safety and security of our team members is always a priority. We are grateful that no one was seriously injured in this incident.
DELIVERY DRIVERS TARGETED

In a separate incident on Wednesday, a mail truck driver was robbed at about 11 a.m. Wednesday near 80th and Saginaw on the South Side, police said. The 40-year-old woman was approached by a man wearing a ski mask and holding a gun. The man took two packages from her truck and ran away. No one was in custody Wednesday afternoon.

On Dec. 2, a UPS driver was held up at gunpoint on the 850- block of South Prairie in city's Chatham neighborhood. That same day, a FedEx truck was stolen near 73rd Street and Cottage Grove on the South Side.

On Dec. 19, a FedEx truck was taken by gunpoint at West 51st Street and South Shields Avenue on the South Side.

Five days ago, another FedEx driver was carjacked in the 100-block of West Swann.

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CHICAGO POLICE: MAIL CARRIER SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL IN GREATER GRAND CROSSING BY FERAL NEGRO 

Chicago police said a male mail carrier was shot in the eye with a paintball while working in the city's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood Wednesday.

The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of East 69th Street and South Woodlawn Avenue. Police said he was shot in his left eye.

The mail carrier was taken the University of Chicago Hospital in good condition for treatment. Chicago police are investigating.