Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter killed himself, police said. FedEx says the
Read more about US FedEx shooting: Jaishankar assures all assistance to Sikh community on Business Standard. MEA Jaishankar on Saturday assured that the Govt of India will provide all possible assistance to the families of the victims who were killed in a mass shooting in the US city of Indianapolis
by: Gregg Montgomery and WISH Staff Reports
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Apr 16, 2021 / 09:27 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.
The victims were identified Friday night as Matthew R. Alexander, 32; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jaswinder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli Smith, 19; and John Steve Weisert, 74.
Amarjeet Kaur Johal. (Photo Provided/Family)
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.
Washington, April 17
At least eight people, including four Sikhs, were killed and five others were left injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in the US state of Indiana, according to commun
Agents continue the search for a motive
Apr 17, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday, as investigators searched for a motive in the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S.
Coroners released the names of the victims late Friday. Four of them were members of Indianapolis’ Sikh community another blow to the Asian American community that comes a month after six people of Asian descent were killed in a mass shooting in the Atlanta area and amid ongoing attacks against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic.