Police chaplains will be available at the hotel to assist families and offer support.
Family members of FedEx workers started arriving at the Holiday Inn and told 13News getting in touch with loved ones was difficult since there is a policy against workers carrying phones during their shift.
Family members arriving to nearby Holiday Inn after shooting at Fed-Ex facility. Frustration as they say they haven’t been able to reach family working inside. Say there is a policy barring workers carrying phones on shift @WTHRcompic.twitter.com/78Nr9QDT8h Allen Carter (@CarterNews) April 16, 2021
At the Holiday Inn, 13News talked to the family of one FedEx worker who said she was shot while in her car in the parking lot.
Police do not know if shooter was a FedEx employee
Craig McCartt, deputy chief of investigations for Indianapolis police, told CNN that officers do not yet know if the shooter was a FedEx employee.
We do believe that the suspect had a rifle of some sort,” McCartt added.
He said officers were aware of reports the shooter had more than one gun, but could not yet confirm that detail.
According to the investigator, the suspect started shooting immediately after exiting his vehicle outside the facility.
The violence did not appear to have been prompted by a disturbance or altercation, McCartt added.
Eight people were killed during a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center late Thursday, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Genae Cook.
The victims were found dead at the scene, Cook said during a briefing after 3 a.m. Friday. The dead had injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. The gunman was found dead in what is believed to be a suicide nearby. We are being made aware of multiple other people with injuries who have been transported to local hospitals or who have transported themselves to local hospitals, she said.
Four people were transported by ambulance, with one in critical condition with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. Three others were transported with various other injuries, according to police. Two people were treated at the scene and released. Multiple others walked into different local hospitals.