Sikh community calls for gun reforms after FedEx shooting
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By Casey Smith And Rick Callahan, The Associated Press on April 17, 2021.
The home of 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, the suspected shooter who opened fire with a rifle at a FedEx facility, is seen in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. At a news conference Friday, Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt also confirmed the gunman s identity as Hole. McCartt said Hole was a former employee of the company and last worked for FedEx in 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
INDIANAPOLIS – Members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms Saturday as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
Indianapolis FedEx shooter bought guns legally despite family’s warning, red flag law
Updated 10:21 AM;
INDIANAPOLIS The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that, police said.
A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed that suspect Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of Indianapolis, legally bought the rifles in July and September of last year, officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday.
IMPD did not share where Hole bought the guns, citing the ongoing investigation, but said Hole was witnessed using both rifles during the assault.
John and Mary Weisert had plans to travel this summer ahead of their 50th wedding anniversary in November, something they didn’t often get to do.
John Weisert’s job as a mechanical engineer in the oil and gas industry took him on the road in the United States and overseas, to places like Kuwait and Iraq. That didn’t leave much room for family vacations.
Mary Weisert said this would be their chance to make up for lost time – and the couple had plans to make plans.
But they never got there.
John Weisert, 74, was among eight people killed in a shooting rampage at the FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis International Airport Thursday night.
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Paul Keenan, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis field office, previously said agents questioned Hole last year after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.” He said the FBI was called after items were found in Hole’s bedroom, but he did not elaborate on what they were. He said agents found no evidence of a crime and that they did not identify Hole as espousing a racially motivated ideology.
A police report obtained by the Associated Press showed that officers seized a pump-action shotgun from Hole’s home after responding to the mother’s call. Keenan said the gun was never returned.