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 worked as truckers or in warehouses, toiling overnight and out of the public eye to support their families.