INDIANAPOLIS—The gunman in Thursday’s shooting here legally purchased two semiautomatic rifles after being detained by authorities and having one other gun confiscated, police said, as they try to determine the shooter’s motives.killed eight people and injured several others
, before taking his own life at the company’s ground facility here Thursday night, police said. He had worked at the facility for two months, from August to October 2020, according to FedEx. Police have identified those who died in the shooting as Matthew Alexander, 32 years old; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Kaur Johal, 66; Jasvinder Kaur, 50; Sardar Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli Smith, 19; and John Weisert, 74.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted a trace on the two weapons used in the attack and found Mr. Hole purchased the rifles legally in July and September 2020, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said on Twitter.having mental-health issues and risk factors for violent behavior
. In March 2020, his mother contacted law enforcement to report he might try to commit “suicide by cop,” according to Paul Keenan, the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Indianapolis field office. Mr. Hole was temporarily committed at a local hospital for evaluation of his mental-health needs that month by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and police seized a shotgun at his residence, Mr. Keenan said.
So he had already had guns seized and been interviewed by the FBI, but the FBI did not put him in the NICS database for a “no sale” flag, even though he was apparently not competent to have the guns he already owned returned?
This is appalling!!
this was a hate crime , a terrorist act by a domestic white nationalist terrorist
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