Suspect in custody after stabbing at Carmel post office 

A suspect is in custody after a U.S. Postal Service employee was stabbed Thursday, July 30, afternoon inside the Carmel post office, according to Carmel Police. 

Dramatic video, shared on Facebook, shows officers approaching and arresting the subject, who has not been named.

An PCSO deputy points a Taser at the suspect who allegedly stabbed a postal worker in Carmel

The stabbing was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at the post office at 29 Fair St. in Carmel Hamlet. Carmel Police officers and Putnam County Sheriff's Office deputies responded after Putnam County 911 received reports of a disturbance that was later updated to an assault involving multiple stab wounds. 

Deputies subdue and arrest suspect in Carmel Post Office stabbing

Photo courtesy of PCSO

The victim, a postal employee, was transported by private vehicle to a local hospital with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. 

Preliminary investigation indicates the suspect and victim knew each other, and police said the incident appears to be isolated with no known threat to the public. 

Fair Street between Route 52 and Vink Drive was closed for about two hours while investigators processed the scene. 

The investigation is being conducted by Carmel Police detectives. Police have yet to release the name of the suspect who remained in custody Thursday evening, with criminal charges pending. 

The Carmel Police Department is being assisted in the investigation by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Police ask anyone with additional information about the incident to contact the Carmel Police Department at 845-628-1300. 

Information provided by Carmel PD and PCSO.