Indianapolis was already seeing a rising number of homicides when a gunman killed 8 at a FedEx facility
When a gunman killed eight people and wounded several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night, the city was already experiencing a plague of rising homicides.
The killings mark the latest mass shooting in America a troubling recurrence that has seen at least 45 such tragedies in the US since March 16, when eight people were killed at three Atlanta-area spas.
It was also Indianapolis’ third mass shooting in the first four months of the year.
CNN defines a mass shooting as a shooting incident that results in four or more casualties (dead or wounded), excluding the shooter or shooters.
Eight people were killed and several more were injured in a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center in Indianapolis late Thursday night.
Police say the gunman, identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indianapolis, died by suicide. Hole was a former employee of the FedEx facility and last worked there in 2020.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan told media on Friday that âit would be premature to speculateâ about what motivated the shooting.
But in March 2020, Holeâs mother told law enforcement that he might try to commit âsuicide by cop,â according to Keenan. Authorities seized a shotgun from his home and the FBI interviewed him in April 2020, Keenan said.
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Police Release Names of 8 Victims in Indianapolis Shooting
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A gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility where he once worked and then killed himself. His mother told the police a year ago that she feared he would commit “suicide by cop.”
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INDIANAPOLIS Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department identified the eight victims of the mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Friday night, more than 20 hours after the gunman opened fire on Thursday.
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After one of the worst workplace shootings in Indiana and the third mass shooting in Indianapolis this year, lawmakers are sending their condolences and pushing for conversations about how to address gun violence.
Late Thursday night, a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center near the Indianapolis International Airport left eight people murdered, several injured and the suspected gunman dead by suicide. Five employees were transported to the hospital with injuries.
FedEx employees are not allowed to have their phones with them while working, so many could not call for help or let their families know they were OK. Family waited to hear if their loved ones were alive from a Holiday Inn Express nearby.