Four members of Sikh community among dead in Indianapolis FedEx shooting -group
By Alexandra Ulmer
Reuters
(Reuters) -Four members of the Sikh religious community, three women and one man, were killed in a Thursday night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the lives of eight workers, a community group and local leader said on Friday. Out of eight, four are Sikh community members, said businessman Gurinder Singh Khalsa, who identified himself as a leader of the local Sikh community and said he had spoken with the families of those killed.
He said the FedEx operations center near the city s international airport was known for providing employment to older members of the Sikh community who did not necessarily speak fluent English. Thousands of Sikh-Americans live in Indiana, according to community members.
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The 19-year-old gunman who killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx centre was a former employee who was placed under psychiatric detention last year after his mother reported concerns he might commit “suicide by cop,” police and FBI said.
Four members of the Sikh religious community – three women and a man – were among the dead in Thursday night’s gun rampage, according to a local Sikh leader who said he had been briefed by the victims’ families.
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Law enforcement confer at the scene, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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WASHINGTON: Half of the eight workers shot to death at an Indianapolis FedEx facility by a former employee before he killed himself belonged to the Sikh religious community, leading an advocacy group to urge a probe of possible racial or ethnic hatred as a factor.
Sikh Coalition demands US authorities to conduct a full investigation - including possibility of bias as a factor’
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April 17, 2021
Indianapolis police have yet to confirm the identities of any of the victims of the mass shooting. PHOTO: Reuters
Four members of the Sikh religious community, three women and one man, were killed in a Thursday night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the lives of eight workers, a community group and local leader said on Friday. Out of eight, four are Sikh community members, said businessman Gurinder Singh Khalsa, who identified himself as a leader of the local Sikh community and said he had spoken with the families of those killed.