A United States Postal Service employee is facing an aggravated assault charge for pulling a gun on co-workers at a Fort Worth post office Monday morning, police say.
Police said Jason Silmon entered the United States Post Office at 400 North Retta Road at about 7:30 a.m., pulled out a handgun and ordered 11 co-workers to the ground.
None of the employees resisted and, after a few minutes, Silmon put the gun down and waited on officers to arrive, police said.
Silmon was arrested and charged with aggravated assault; no injuries were reported.
Silmon's father, Robert Silmon, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram that his 27-year-old son was not violent and had worked for the post office for more than a decade. He did say that his son told him Friday he left work early to cool off after a confrontation with co-workers.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing. Cpl. Tracey Knight, with the Fort Worth Police Department, said investigators are working to determine what prompted the incident.
