NASCAR s Denny Hamlin honors victims of Indianapolis FedEx shooting
NASCAR s Denny Hamlin honored the victims of the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis with a message on his car in Sunday s race.
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and last updated 2021-04-19 09:22:04-04
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. â One of NASCAR s top drivers honored the victims of the Indianapolis FedEx shootings during Sunday s race with a personal message.
Denny Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 champion who drives the No. 11 FedEx Toyota, carried a black ribbon with Indy on his car, along with the hashtag #FedExStrong.
Hamlin led more than 200 laps in Richmond, Virginia, before he finished second. He had some words after the race for the families of those lost in Indianapolis on Thursday.
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The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that, police said.
A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed that suspect Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of Indianapolis, legally bought the rifles in July and September of last year, officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday.
Son arrived moments after mom was wounded in Indianapolis FedEx shooting
Survivors described the mass shooting at a FedEx facility Indianapolis late Thursday night.
and last updated 2021-04-16 18:18:46-04
Angela Hughley, a mother of five, caught bullet fragments in her chest as she pulled up for her overnight shift at the FedEx Ground facility on Thursday night. Her 19-year-old son arrived moments later â late enough that he missed gunman Brandon Hole, but early enough to call the police for help that mattered.
âI thank God for him,â said James Foster, the father of Hughleyâs sons, on Friday afternoon.
4 Sikhs Among 8 Killed In FedEx Shooting In US, Shocked India Offers Help A significant number of workers at the FedEx processing centre reportedly belonged to the Sikh community.
Updated: April 17, 2021 11:35 am IST
The Indian embassy in Washington DC has reached out to the community leaders.
New Delhi:
India will render all possible assistance to local authorities and community leaders in Indianapolis, US, where at least eight people, including four Sikhs, have died after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility on Thursday night, a deeply shocked Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said today.
About 90 per cent of the workers at this delivery service facility are said to be Indian-Americans, mostly from the Sikh community. This was at least the third mass shooting this year in Indianapolis alone, news agency AP reported.