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Reliable and kind, that’s how Matthew Alexander's loved ones described him. Matthew was a former Avon High School baseball player. He was honored Saturday before the opening pitch on Senior Day. There was a moment of silence before his father threw the opening pitch.   "That felt like that was part of Matt," his father Brad Alexander said. "Matt was a pitcher for Avon. He was a shortstop for Avon. I didn't do near as well as he did in the day, but I was there and I knew he was looking down saying thank you dad." Friends and family said they couldn't think of a more fitting way to honor the...

The 19-year-old gunman who killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx facility Thursday used two legally purchased assault rifles, police said late Saturday.

Indianapolis Sikhs Mourn FedEx Shooting Victims as Questions About Motive Linger Four of the eight people killed on Thursday night were from Indiana’s growing Sikh community. Family members of Amarjeet Johal, one of the victims of the shooting at the FedEx facility, gathered at the Sikh Satsang in Indianapolis, on Saturday.Credit...Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times April 17, 2021, 7:58 p.m. ET INDIANAPOLIS — For decades now, Sikhs have come by the thousands to Central Indiana seeking good jobs, quiet lives and affordable homes. Some became doctors or police officers, but many others ...

Agents questioned Hole last year after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.”

First published on Sun 18 Apr 2021 09.42 EDT A gunman who murdered eight people at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis legally purchased the two semi-automatic rifles he used in the attack, months after a shotgun he owned was confiscated by police over concerns around his mental health. Brandon Hole, 19, who killed himself at the conclusion of the massacre, bought the two assault weapons in July and September 2020, according to Indianapolis metropolitan police chief Randal Taylor, after the shotgun was taken from him in March following a call from his mother concerned at his mental state. The d...