4/16/2021
By Shubham Kalia
April 16 (Reuters) - A gunman shot eight people dead and
injured several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis
before taking his own life, police said early on Friday.
The incident occurred at a FedEx operations center near the
Indianapolis International airport, after 11pm local time on
Thursday night.
A worker at the facility told local television station WRTV
that he was eating when he heard what sounded like two loud
metal clangs followed by more shots. Somebody went behind their car to the trunk and then got
another gun, he said, adding: Then I saw one body on the
Police search for motive after gunman kills eight at Indianapolis FedEx site
By Maria Caspani and Shubham Kalia
Reuters
(Reuters) -Authorities said on Friday that it was still too early to know what motivated a gunman who killed eight employees at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and wounded several others before taking his own life.
The shooting - the latest in a spate of mass shootings across the United States - unfolded at a FedEx operations center near the Indianapolis International Airport after 11 p.m. local time on Thursday night, police said.
The incident, which lasted only a couple of minutes, was already over by the time police responded to the scene, Craig McCartt, the Indianapolis police department s deputy chief, told a news briefing on Friday.
4/16/2021
By Maria Caspani and Shubham Kalia
April 16 (Reuters) - Authorities said on Friday that it was
still too early to know what motivated a gunman who killed eight
employees at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and wounded
several others before taking his own life.
The shooting - the latest in a spate of mass shootings
across the United States - unfolded at a FedEx
operations center near the Indianapolis International Airport
after 11 p.m. local time on Thursday night, police said.
The incident, which lasted only a couple of minutes, was
already over by the time police responded to the scene, Craig
4/16/2021
By Maria Caspani and Shubham Kalia
April 16 (Reuters) - Authorities on Friday had yet to
identify what may have motivated a former employee who fatally
shot eight workers at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and
wounded several others before taking his own life.
The incident - the latest in a spate of mass shootings in
the United States - unfolded at a FedEx operations
center near Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana after
11 p.m. local time on Thursday night, police said.
It lasted only a couple of minutes and was already over by
the time police responded to the scene, Craig McCartt, the
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A gunman killed at least eight employees at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and wounded several other people before taking his own life, police said early on Friday, in the latest in a rash of mass shootings across the United States in recent weeks.
At least 30 individuals have been killed in U.S. mass shootings in the last month alone, reigniting a fiery debate over gun violence and the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms as the country struggles to emerge from a lingering coronavirus pandemic.
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