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May 2, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse were remembered yesterday during a public ceremony at the downtown football stadium where the Indianapolis Colts play.
The three-hour event, draw ing thousands to Lucas Oil Stadium, came two weeks after a former FedEx employee fatally shot the eight people, including four members of Indianapolis’ Sikh community.
Indiana Republican Governor Eric Holcomb, along with other elected officials, law enforcement representatives, interfaith leaders and Sikh community leaders addressed the gathering.
The Sikh community hosted the event, with people from across the state joining to support the affected families “as Indianapolis begins the journey of healing together and helping each other during this excruciatingly difficult time”, said spokesperson for the Sikh Coalition Rajanpreet Kaur.
FedEx shooting victims to be remembered at big ceremony
CASEY SMITH, Associated Press/Report for America
April 30, 2021
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1of8Members of the Sikh Coalition gather at the Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 17, 2021 to formulate the groups response to the shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the lives of four members of the Sikh community. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport.Michael Conroy/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Members of the Sikh Coalition gather at the Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 17, 2021 to formulate the groups response to the shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the lives of four members of the Sikh community. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before taking his own life in a late-night attack
Jagraj Dhillon bows his head during prayer from leaders and members from the Sikh community during a gathering to honor the lives lost by the FedEx facility mass shooting last month, Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis.
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INDIANAPOLIS Indiana’s governor told members of the Sikh community and others who gathered at a downtown Indianapolis football stadium Saturday to remember the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse that he knows their anguish from the attack is far from over.
The three-hour event at Lucas Oil Stadium came two weeks after a former FedEx employee fatally shot the eight people, including four members of Indianapolis’ Sikh community, before killing himself. Authorities have not released a motive in the April 15 shooting.