Brian Howey: Political responses after FedEx massacre Brian Howey For most of us waking up last Friday morning, the news that eight Hoosiers had been killed in a massacre at a FedEx facility wasn’t so much a surprise, as a “shock” that it had finally happened here. There had been 54 mass shooting events since March in the United States, and, according to Gun Violence Archive, 147 such lethal “incidents” in 2021 alone. As this article was being written Tuesday afternoon, an “active shooter” situation was underway in West Hempstead, N.Y. The FedEx massacre brought on a range of emotion. Gov. Eric Holcomb described himself as “shaken,” Speaker Todd Huston called it “heartbreaking and shocking,” while Senate President Pro Tempore Rod Bray termed it “senseless and completely shocking.” They all praised first responders and expressed sympathy for victim families.