April 17, 202111:11 AM UTC
United StatesU.S. Sikh group demands probe of possible hate bias in deadly Indianapolis FedEx rampage
Steve Gorman
1/4
People embrace after learning that their loved one was safe after a mass casualty shooting at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. April 16, 2021. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Read More
Half of the eight workers shot to death at an Indianapolis FedEx facility by a former employee before he killed himself belonged to the Sikh religious community, leading an advocacy group to urge a probe of possible racial or ethnic hatred as a factor.
4 Sikhs Among 8 Killed In FedEx Facility Mass Shooting In US 4 Sikhs Among 8 Killed In FedEx Facility Mass Shooting In US The gunman, identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, allegedly died by suicide after the shooting on Thursday night at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, taking the toll to nine.
Leaders of the Sikh Satsang expressing their grief over the incident.
Washington:
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 Thursday night at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, taking the toll to nine.
Half of the eight workers shot to death at an Indianapolis FedEx facility by a former employee before he killed himself belonged to the Sikh religious community, leading an advocacy group to urge a probe of possible racial or ethnic hatred as a factor. Law enforcement officials said Friday they have yet to determine what motivated the gunman, 19-year-old Brandon Hole, who was white, to carry out Thursday night s rampage, at a FedEx operations center near Indianapolis International Airport. The attack in Indiana s state capital, the third most populous city in the Midwest, was the latest in a spate of at least seven deadly mass shootings in the United States over the past month.