Gunman kills 8, takes own life at Indianapolis FedEx facility
- The shooter has been identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, a former worker at the processing centre
- A ‘significant’ number of staff at the facility are members of the Sikh community, including several victims
Police scoured a FedEx facility in Indianapolis and searched the suspected gunman’s home on Friday looking for a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the US, as family members of the eight victims spent agonising hours awaiting word on their loved ones.
The shooter was identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt told a news conference. Investigators searched a home in Indianapolis associated with Hole and seized evidence, including desktop computers and other electronic media, he said.
Paul Keenan, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis field office, said Friday that agents questioned Hole last year after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop”.
He said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was called after items were found in Hole’s bedroom but he did not elaborate on what they were. He said agents found no evidence of a crime and that they did not identify Hole as espousing a racially motivated ideology.
McCartt said Hole was a former employee of the company and last worked for FedEx in 2020. McCartt said he did not know why Hole left the job or if he had ties to the workers in the facility.
He said police have not yet uncovered a motive for Thursday’s shooting but added that law enforcement officers seized a gun from him last year. McCartt also said authorities are still identifying the victims and that not all of the victims’ families have been notified.