Investigators are on the scene following a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, April 16, 2021. — Reuters picINDIANAPOLIS, Apr 17 — A former FedEx employee fatally shot eight people and wounded several others at the delivery company’s facility in the US city of Indianapolis before killing himself, authorities said today after the latest mass shooting to jolt the country.
After this latest tragedy he again ordered flags flown at half staff at the White House and other public buildings.“FedEx officials have confirmed that Mr Hole was a former employee at the facility, and he was last employed in 2020,” deputy police chief Craig McCartt told reporters. FBI special agent Paul Keenan said Hole was interviewed by the FBI in April 2020 and had a shotgun seized by authorities, the Indianapolis Star reported.
The shooting “began in the parking lot and then he did go into the building... for a brief period of time before he took his own life.”“This is a devastating day and words are hard to describe the emotion we feel,” said FedEx chairman Frederick Smith in a letter to employees, adding that the company was working with law enforcement.Four people with gunshot wounds were transported by ambulance, including one in critical condition, while five people suffered other injuries, police said.
Employee relatives had gathered at a hotel Friday near the plant for news of loved ones who work there. Late last month four people including a child were shot dead in an office building in southern California.That came less than a week after a man shot and killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at spas in Atlanta, Georgia.
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