Indianapolis FedEx shooting

On April 15, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at the FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The perpetrator was a former employee, 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole; he shot and killed eight people and injured four others out and inside the building before committing suicide. His motive currently remains unknown.

Shooting
At around 11:00 P.M., 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole drove into the parking lot of of the building before getting out and shooting at others. Employee Laveda Chester had just arrived for her night shift when she heard gunshots; she initially mistook it for a car backfiring until she saw Hole running towards the building. She hid and waited for him to head inside before going back into her car, driving to another parking lot and calling the police. After entering the building, Hole continued the shooting. Police arrived just after Hole killed himself. The shooting only lasted around one to two minutes. The attack also temporally shut down Interstate 70 at Ameriplex Parkway before it reopened.

Victims
In total, there were eight killed, four of them a follower of the Sikh religion:


 * Samaria Blackwell, 19
 * Karli Smith, 19
 * Matthew R. Alexander, 32
 * Amarjit Sekhon, 48
 * Jaswinder Kaur, 64
 * Amarjeet Johal, 66
 * Jaswinder Singh, 68
 * John Weisert, 74

There were seven people injured, four of them by Hole's gunfire.

Perpetrator
Brandon Scott Hole, 19, was a former employee of the facility. He had previous run-ins with the police and once even had a shotgun confiscated from the police after a report that he intended to commit suicide by cop. Hole's motive for the shooting is unknown and currently being investigated, however he did state on his Facebook page that he wished to be with a "My Little Pony" character in the afterlife.

Reactions
President Joe Biden had the White Houses flags flown at half-staff out of respect for the victims. In a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the President claimed this and the other recent mass shootings that have occurred around the country are a "national embarrassment". Vice President Kamala Harris echoed his statements while Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that the attack was "deeply shocking" and said he would offer all possible assistance needed, due to some of the victims being of Indian decent. Hole's family issued a statement: "We are devastated at the loss of life caused as a result of Brandon’s actions; through the love of his family, we tried to get him the help he needed. Our sincerest and most heartfelt apologies go out to the victims of this senseless tragedy. We are so sorry for the pain and hurt being felt by their families and the entire Indianapolis community."