Himself. Cnns jason carrolls In Indianapolis right now. Jason, this is so heartbreaking. It is at least the 45th Mass Shooting in this country in just the past month. How is the community responding, and what have police been able to find out so far . Reporter even with all the shootings, pamela, that have occurred all over the country, when it happens in your community, thats when it obviously just really hits home. Thats what the people here In Indianapolis are feeling and experiencing now. Right now as you can see, this vigil is about to get under way. Weve got a number of people who have started to gather here at this park. Again, eight victims, many of the people here family, friends, coworkers. Weve seen some people here wearing orange fedex tshirts. Again, four of the members four of the victims were members of the Sikh Community. The Sikh Community feels especially targeted because, as you can what weve been learning, many of the people who work at that fedex facility were memb
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