Police Release Names of 8 Victims in Indianapolis Shooting
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April 17, 2021, 12:40 a.m. ETApril 17, 2021, 12:40 a.m. ET
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.
Nine dead in shooting at FedEx facility in US; shooter named April 17, 2021
A group of crime scene investigators gather to speak in the parking lot of a FedEx SmartPost building in Indianapolis, Indiana. courtesy photo
WASHINGTON Police have named 19 years old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana as the alleged shooter who opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that left at least eight people dead and several injured in the state.
Special agent in charge of the Indianapolis field office, Paul Keenan, said the suspect s home was being searched by the FBI. Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and searched the suspected gunman s home Friday looking for a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the United States.
Police in Indiana s capital city identified the gunman as 19-year-old Brandon Hole. FedEx officials have confirmed that Mr Hole was a former employee at the facility, and he was last employed in 2020, deputy police chief Craig McCartt told reporters.
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Authorities searched multiple locations and seized evidence in their effort to learn more about the shooter and a possible motive.
by: Gregg Montgomery and WISH Staff Reports
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Apr 16, 2021 / 09:27 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) A 19-year-old gunman whose mother once warned authorities about his mental state was identified Friday as the man who fatally shot eight people late Thursday night at a FedEx facility before he killed himself inside the building.
The victims were identified Friday night as Matthew R. Alexander, 32; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jaswinder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli Smith, 19; and John Steve Weisert, 74.
Amarjeet Kaur Johal. (Photo Provided/Family)
Brandon Scott Hole of Indianapolis fired a rifle minutes after 11 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot and inside the FedEx facility on the southeast side near Indianapolis International Airport, IMPD Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt said in a late-afternoon news conference Friday. He did not know the type of rifle used in the shooting or whether Hole legally owned the weapon.
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