Unconfirmed reports said at least five people were dead.
The scene was declared a “mass casualty, Level 1,” according to dispatches. The declaration allowed more emergency responders to go to the scene to provide support.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was sent to reports of shots fired and an active shooter shortly before 11:10 p.m. Thursday at 8951 Mirabel Road. That’s the address of the FedEx facility in a commercial area with a couple of hotels and multiple warehouses just south of the I-70 interchange at AmeriPlex Parkway.
Police did not immediately have information on how many people were shot or their conditions. Unconfirmed reports said at least five people were dead.
Witness says he saw a man firing “an automatic rifle”
From CNN s Alta Spells
FedEx employees Timothy Boillat and Jeremiah Miller. WISH
Two employees who say they were at the FedEx ground facility when they heard gunshots shared details of the incident with CNN affiliate WISH.
Jeremiah Miller told WISH he was taking a break between shifts when he heard two, then three shots.
He first thought the sounds were coming from a car.
Miller said he then heard between six and 10 shots which made him stand and look at the entrance door. I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open. I immediately ducked down and got scared and my friend’s mother, she came in and told us to get inside the car,” Miller told WISH.
There have been at least 45 mass shootings reported in the US in the past month Updated: 12:57 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021 By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Share Updated: 12:57 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021
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Show Transcript What does the president think is different this time? And how has he changed his approach so that this administration can pass these changes when in the past had failed? Well, first, the president shares that sentiment, as I think many Americans do that when we saw 20 Children, uh, murdered when we saw six adults murdered that that would turn the tide of Congress. We have seen data and statistics still, uh, across the country, still broadly support background checks. Uh, I think it s about 80% of the American public support background checks, including a good percentage of gun owners support background checks. We ve seen states take action. Since that time, A number of states across the country have put in place a number of laws. Someti
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Mass shootings are never a good way to start your day reading about them, but it happens.
It’s especially troubling after both Atlanta and Boulder. The one thing we should all hope for is a little peace and quiet. Unfortunately, that’s apparently not met to be.
Eight people were killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility on Thursday night, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Genae Cook said.
Authorities were aware of multiple other injured victims in hospitals, one of whom was in critical condition, she said during a media briefing early Friday.