Since the news of four members of the Sikh religious community getting killed in the mass shooting has surfaced online, many believed that it might be another incident of hate crime.
Leaders of the Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis participate in an interview addressing their grief in the parking lot of their temple on April 16, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Four Sikh members of the community were killed during a mass shooting at a FedEx Ground Facility that left at least eight people dead and five wounded on the evening of April 15. Police have identified the suspect as former FedEx employee, Brandon Scott Hole, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after the shooting. (Getty Images)
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The cause of death for each of the eight victims will be determined once the coroner’s office completes the autopsies, IMPD said. Police did not name the others who were injured. London Gibson and Sarah Bowman
6:15 p.m. At least four who died were Sikh
At least four of those who died in the shooting at the FedEx facility were members of the Sikh community in Indianapolis, according to the Sikh Coalition.
Police have not yet identified the victims, and they have not yet said whether bias is a factor in the gunman s motive. Domenica Bongiovanni
4:15 p.m. Suspect was found in prior police reports
Brandon Scott Hole, 19, and a former employee at the facility in Indianapolis carried out the mass shooting on late Thursday before allegedly committing suicide.