IndyStar
Eight people were killed and several more were injured in a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center late Thursday night.
Over the course of the day Friday, police confirmed the identity of the gunman, a 19-year-old former employee, at the FedEx Ground station on the southwest side of the city. The gunman was found dead in what is believed to be a suicide nearby, police said.
People stand outside a FedEx facility near Indianapolis International Airport after a shooting with multiple victims was reported late Thursday night.
8:30 p.m. — Victims’ names have been released
Police have confirmed the names of the eight people who died in the mass shooting at the FedEx Ground facility Thursday night. They are:
Amarjeet Kaur Johal, 66
Karli Smith, 19
Matthew R Alexander, 32
Samaria Blackwell, 19
Jaswinder Kaur, 64
Jaswinder Singh, 68
Amarjit Sekhon, 48
John Weisert, 7
The cause of death for each of the eight victims will be determined once the coroner’s office completes the autopsies, IMPD said. Police did not name the others who were injured.
AMARJEET KAUR JOHAL you deserved so much better than this ? rest in paradise pic.twitter.com/2cY4kzHqVR
— Komal (@yourlawyerkomal) April 16, 2021
— London Gibson and Sarah Bowman
6:15 p.m. — At least four who died were Sikh
At least four of those who died in the shooting at the FedEx facility were members of the Sikh community in Indianapolis, according to the Sikh Coalition.
Police have not yet identified the victims, and they have not yet said whether bias is a factor in the gunman’s motive.
Further update: We are sad to confirm that at least four of those killed in Thursday night’s attacks are members of the Indianapolis Sikh community. https://t.co/Uso0qL8uh8
— Sikh Coalition (@sikh_coalition) April 16, 2021
— Domenica Bongiovanni
4:15 p.m. — Suspect was found in prior police reports
Brandon Scott Hole’s mother told law enforcement that he might try to commit “suicide by cop” in March 2020, according to FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan. Authorities seized a shotgun from his home and the FBI interviewed him in April 2020, Keenan said.
“The suspect was placed on an immediate detention mental health temporary hold by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department,” Keenan said.
Authorities didn’t find Hole to be associated with “Racially Motivated Violent Extremism,” during that time, Keenan said.
IMPD Deputy Chief Craig McCartt referenced an earlier police report in a media briefing Friday afternoon but didn’t provide more information on it.
— Tony Cook
Brandon Scott Hole
Brandon Scott Hole, the suspect police have identified as the shooter, was a former FedEx facility employee, according to a Friday afternoon briefing from IMPD Deputy Chief Craig McCartt. He was last employed there in 2020, and McCartt didn’t have information on whether Hole was fired, he said.
McCartt said he couldn’t answer what led up to the shootings last night. Police are still working on notifying families of the victims and are working with the coroner’s office, he said.
This news originally appeared on IndyStar.
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