by: Gregg Montgomery and WISH Staff Reports
Posted:
Apr 16, 2021 / 05:26 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) A 19-year-old gunman whose mother once warned authorities about his mental state was identified Friday as the man who fatally shot eight people late Thursday night at a FedEx facility before he killed himself inside the building.
Brandon Scott Hole of Indianapolis fired a rifle minutes after 11 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot and inside the FedEx facility on the southeast side near Indianapolis International Airport, IMPD Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt said in a late-afternoon news conference Friday. He did not know the type of rifle used in the shooting or whether Hole legally owned the weapon.
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Last weekend brought more horror and shame upon the city of Indianapolis with another mass shooting that claimed the lives of four people – one of them a seven-year-old girl.
Coroner Alfie Ballew identified the victims Monday as Anthony Johnson, 35; Dequan Moore, 23; Eve Moore, 7; and Tomeeka Brown, 44, all of whom died from gunshot wounds.
The loss of life is all the more heartwrenching by the knowledge that the suspect Malik Halfacre, 25, is a repeat offender whose rap sheet includes gun violence.
In 2017, Malik Halfacre shot 23-year-old Ernest Tucker five times on the near northwest side.