By Maria Caspani and Mark Hosenball
April 16 (Reuters) - The gunman who opened fire at a FedEx site in Indianapolis, killing eight workers, then himself, was a 19-year-old former employee with a history of mental illness that led to his detention by law enforcement last year, police and FBI officials said on Friday.
Four members of the Sikh religion - three women and a man - were among the dead in Thursday night s gun rampage, according to a local leader of the Sikh community who said he had been briefed by the victims families.
Law enforcement officials said they had not immediately determined whether racial or ethnic hatred was behind the killings.
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United StatesU.S. Sikh group demands probe of possible hate bias in deadly Indianapolis FedEx rampage
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People embrace after learning that their loved one was safe after a mass casualty shooting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. April 16, 2021. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
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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.
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. Law enforcement officials said Friday they have yet to determine what motivated the gunman, 19-year-old Brandon Hole, who was white, to carry out Thursday night s rampage, at a FedEx operations center near Indianapolis International Airport. The attack in Indiana s state capital, the third most populous city in the Midwest, was the latest in a spate of at least seven deadly mass shootings in the United States over the past month.
Law enforcement officials said Friday they have yet to determine what motivated the gunman, 19-year-old Brandon S. Hole, who was white, to carry out Thursday night s rampage in Indianapolis.
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