Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter has killed himself, police said.
Local and state leaders reacting to news of a shooting massacre at an Indianapolis FedEx facility that killed at least eight people, plus the shooter, are expressing sympathy for the victims and their families, gratitude to law enforcement, and disappointment America s gun violence epidemic again is hitting Indiana.
Democratic Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said as law enforcement works to learn more about yet another mass shooting, he said our prayers are with the families of those whose lives were cut short.
Police trying to identify motive in FedEx shooting after gunman kills 8
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People hug after learning that their loved one is safe after a shooting inside a FedEx building Friday, April 16, 2021. Multiple people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter killed himself, police said.(The Indianapolis Star via AP) APAP
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INDIANAPOLIS Police were working Friday to identify a gunman and determine his motive for opening fire at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, killing eight people and taking his own life in the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S.
Police trying to identify gunman, motive in FedEx shooting
Deputy Chief Craig McCartt of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department speaks at a news conference following a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Michael Conroy
Police stand near the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility early Friday morning, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Michael Conroy
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WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on the mass shooting last night in Indianapolis: America woke up this morning to yet another mass shooting – one that has taken the lives of eight people and wounded others. Will this tragedy produce action in the Senate on two gun safety measures that will help to reduce gun violence without infringing on our Second Amendment rights? What will it take? How many people must be killed in mass shootings and on a daily basis on the streets of cities across the country for Congress to act?
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