Prosecutor points to red flag law loopholes that allowed FedEx mass shooting suspect to buy more guns
Prosecutor Ryan Mears said that because the state only has 14 days to move forward with a court filing, it limits their access to medical and mental health records. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 8:36 AM CDT April 20, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears pointed to loopholes in Indiana s red flag law that prevented the office from getting the information needed to determine the FedEx mass shooting suspect was dangerous and keep him from buying guns after a 2020 police call.
In that March 2020 incident, the suspect s mother was concerned he might attempt suicide by cop. Police intervened, took the 19-year-old to the hospital and seized a shotgun he had purchased within 24 hours of that 2020 incident. That weapon was never returned to him.
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Prosecutors Didn t Bother Using Red Flag Gun Law Against FedEx Shooter
Police feared Brandon Hole would get back the gun they had confiscated a year ago, though he ended up buying two semiautomatic rifles.
A prosecutor revealed Monday that Indiana’s “red flag” gun law was never used against Brandon Hole before the teen legally purchased the firearms officials said he used to kill eight people at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis.
City police arranged a mental health evaluation and confiscated a shotgun from the teen a year ago after his mother told law enforcement officials that she feared her son would “attempt suicide by cop.” They didn’t take any other action that would prevent him from buying other weapons, however. Hole, 19, took his own life after the FedEx shootings.
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WASHINGTON Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was injured while confronting rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection, suffered a stroke and died from natural causes, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office ruled Monday, a finding that lessens the chances that anyone will be charged in his death. Investigators initially believed the officer was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, based on statements collected early in the investigation, according to two people familiar with the case. And they later thought the 42-year-old Sicknick may have ingested a chemical substance possibly bear spray that may have contributed to his death. But the determination of a natural cause of death means the medical examiner found that a medical condition alone caused his death it was not brought on by an injury. The determination is likely to significantly inhibit the ability of federal prosecutors to bring homicide charges in Sicknick’s death. U.S. Ca
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