By Maria Caspani and Mark Hosenball
April 16 (Reuters) - The gunman who opened fire at a FedEx site in Indianapolis, killing eight workers, then himself, was a 19-year-old former employee with a history of mental illness that led to his detention by law enforcement last year, police and FBI officials said on Friday.
Four members of the Sikh religion - three women and a man - were among the dead in Thursday night s gun rampage, according to a local leader of the Sikh community who said he had been briefed by the victims families.
Law enforcement officials said they had not immediately determined whether racial or ethnic hatred was behind the killings.
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Four Sikhs killed in FedEx facility mass shooting in US
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US President, Vice President, visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga express grief at the killings; community leaders call for look at gun laws
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 community leaders. The gunman, identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, allegedly died by suicide after the shooting on late Thursday night at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, taking the toll to nine.
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.
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