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Police ID killer in FedEx shooting as 19-year-old man Poll Yes This image made from video shows a wide view of building with flashing lights from emergency vehicles in Indianapolis, IN, Friday, April 16, 2021. Police in Indianapolis say multiple people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a Fedex facility. (WRTV via AP) INDIANAPOLIS – Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana. Two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter provided the identity to The Associated Press. The invest...

Police search for motive after gunman kills eight at Indianapolis FedEx site By Maria Caspani and Shubham Kalia Reuters (Reuters) -Authorities said on Friday that it was still too early to know what motivated a gunman who killed eight employees at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and wounded several others before taking his own life. The shooting - the latest in a spate of mass shootings across the United States - unfolded at a FedEx operations center near the Indianapolis International Airport after 11 p.m. local time on Thursday night, police said. The incident, which lasted only a couple o...

The Memphis-based carrier restricts employees from carrying cell phones in some work areas. Indianapolis television station WISH reported numerous people expressed concern they could not phone family and friends employed at the FedEx facility shortly after news broke of the fatal shootings.  Asked about the no-phone policy, Jim Masilak, FedEx Services media relations manager, on Friday morning emailed a statement to The Commercial Appeal affirming the policy. FedEx's one-line statement says: “To minimize potential distractions around package sortation equipment and dock operations, cel...

Indianapolis Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt said the gunman started randomly shooting at people in the parking lot and then went into the building and continued firing. He said the shooter apparently died by suicide shortly before police entered the building. “There was no confrontation with anyone that was there,” he said. “There was no disturbance, there was no argument. He just appeared to randomly start shooting.” McCartt said four people were killed outside the building and another four inside. Several people were also wounded, including five who were taken to the hospital. Th...

Hole was a former employee of the company and last worked for FedEx in 2020.