Reliable and kind, that’s how Matthew Alexander s loved ones described him.
Matthew was a former Avon High School baseball player. He was honored Saturday before the opening pitch on Senior Day. There was a moment of silence before his father threw the opening pitch. That felt like that was part of Matt, his father Brad Alexander said. Matt was a pitcher for Avon. He was a shortstop for Avon. I didn t do near as well as he did in the day, but I was there and I knew he was looking down saying thank you dad.
Friends and family said they couldn t think of a more fitting way to honor the diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Indianapolis Sikhs Mourn FedEx Shooting Victims as Questions About Motive Linger
Four of the eight people killed on Thursday night were from Indiana’s growing Sikh community.
Family members of Amarjeet Johal, one of the victims of the shooting at the FedEx facility, gathered at the Sikh Satsang in Indianapolis, on Saturday.Credit.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times
April 17, 2021, 7:58 p.m. ET
INDIANAPOLIS For decades now, Sikhs have come by the thousands to Central Indiana seeking good jobs, quiet lives and affordable homes. Some became doctors or police officers, but many others worked as truckers or in warehouses, toiling overnight and out of the public eye to support their families.
Casey Smith And Rick Callahan
A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) April 17, 2021 - 6:59 PM
INDIANAPOLIS - Members of Indianapolisâ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms Saturday as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
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Sikh Community Calls For Gun Reforms After Devastating FedEx Shooting
“The time to act is not later, but now, said a community leader.
By CASEY SMITH and RICK CALLAHAN
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms Saturday as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
At a vigil attended by more than 200 at an Indianapolis park Saturday evening, Aasees Kaur, who represented the Sikh Coalition, spoke out alongside the city’s mayor and other elected officials to demand action that would prevent such attacks from happening again.