据当局称，周四晚上，印第安纳波利斯的联邦快递(FedEx)设施发生大规模枪击事件，造成8人死亡，数人受伤。
印第安纳波利斯市警察局刑事调查副局长克雷格·麦卡特(Craig McCartt)在周五的新闻发布会上说，嫌疑人是19岁的布兰登·霍尔(Brandon Hole)，联邦快递称他是前雇员，被发现死于明显是自己造成的枪伤。麦卡特说，他带着步枪。
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2021年4月16日，马里恩县法医服务中心的车辆停在印第安纳波利斯的联邦快递公司。
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2021年4月16日，印第安纳波利斯，犯罪现场调查人员走过联邦快递的停车场。
晚上11点刚过，当警察到达印第安纳波利斯机场附近的联邦快递设施时，他们发现了一个“混乱而活跃的犯罪现场”，麦卡特说。
“这个嫌疑犯来到了拘留所...他下了车，很快就在设施外开始了随机射击。没有与任何人发生冲突，”麦卡特说。"那是从停车场开始的，然后他进了大楼."
警方说，四名受害者在外面，四名在里面。他们的年龄从19岁到74岁不等。
周五晚上，印第安纳波利斯市警察局确认死者为32岁的马修·亚历山大;撒马利亚布莱克威尔，19岁;Amarjeet Johal，66岁;Jaswinder Kaur，64岁;贾斯温德·辛格，68岁;Amarjit Sekhon，48岁;19岁的凯莉·史密斯;和74岁的约翰·威瑟特。
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麦卡特说，五名幸存的受害者受了与枪伤一致的伤，另外两人受了轻伤。
麦卡特说，霍尔最后一次在联邦快递工作是在2020年。
联邦快递说:“我们可以确认肇事者是该设施的前雇员。”。该公司向警方隐瞒了进一步的信息。
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警方说他们没有动机。
两名执法官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，没有迹象表明枪击事件与恐怖主义有关。
负责联邦调查局印第安纳波利斯外地办事处的特工保罗·基南(Paul Keenan)在一份声明中说，2020年3月，霍尔的母亲“联系了执法部门，报告他可能试图‘通过警察’自杀”。"嫌疑人被印第安纳波利斯市警察局暂时拘留在精神健康中心。"
基南说，一把猎枪被从霍尔的家里拿走，“根据当时在嫌疑人卧室观察到的物品，他在2020年4月接受了联邦调查局的采访”。
基南说:“在评估过程中，没有发现出于种族动机的暴力极端主义(RMVE)意识形态，也没有发现刑事违规行为。”"猎枪没有还给嫌疑犯。"
据该公司称，枪击发生时，约有100名员工在联邦快递设施附近。麦卡特特说，当时许多员工正在换班或吃饭休息。
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2021年4月16日，印第安纳波利斯联邦快递中心发生大规模枪击事件后，调查人员正在现场。
印第安纳波利斯市警察局局长兰德尔·泰勒称联邦快递是该市的主要雇主。根据国土安全部网络安全和基础设施安全局的内部简报，联邦快递的这个位置是世界上第二大联邦快递中心。最大的枢纽在孟菲斯。
联邦快递在周五早上的一份声明中说，“我们对印第安纳波利斯联邦快递地面设施发生悲惨枪击事件后我们团队成员的损失深感震惊和悲痛。”
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警方和犯罪现场调查人员在印第联邦快递设施的大规模枪击现场工作
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一名联邦快递员工与一名警察谈论有关其工作地点联邦快递的细节
联邦快递说:“我们最衷心的同情是那些受这一愚蠢暴力行为影响的人。”。“我们团队成员的安全是我们的首要任务，我们正在与调查当局充分合作。”
联邦快递告诉美国广播公司新闻，没有新冠肺炎疫苗运输受到枪击事件的影响。
印第安纳波利斯市长乔·霍格莱特周五在一份声明中说，“今天早上，印第安纳波利斯居民面临着又一次大规模枪击事件的可怕消息，这一暴力行为毫无意义地夺去了我们八个邻居的生命。”
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印第安纳波利斯市长乔·霍格莱特在联邦快递公司的一次枪击事件后的新闻发布会上发言
霍格莱特说:“随着执法部门努力了解更多关于这场悲剧的情况，我们为那些生命被切断的人的家人祈祷。”。
市长在周五的新闻发布会上说，“我们必须警惕辞职，甚至绝望。假设事情就是这样，我们不妨去适应它——我们需要勇气，迫使勇敢的行为克服厌倦。”
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家庭成员等待在Ap的联邦快递机构工作的亲人的信息
在一个声明，乔·拜登总统称此次枪击事件是“一系列悲剧中的最新一起，紧随其后的是持枪者在光天化日之下在佐治亚州亚特兰大及其周边的温泉浴场、科罗拉多州博尔德的一家杂货店、南卡罗来纳州洛克希尔的一个家以及许多其他枪击事件。”
“这是一场大规模枪击事件，就在一周前，我们在玫瑰园遇到了一些家庭，他们在学校、夜总会、加油站的一辆汽车里，以及在杂货店的一次镇上会议上，因为子弹穿透了他们的身体和灵魂，失去了孩子和亲爱的朋友。就在弗吉尼亚理工大学枪击事件14周年的前一天晚上，一名枪手杀害了32人，”拜登说。
“昨晚和印第安纳波利斯的早晨，家庭不得不再次等待听到他们亲人的命运的消息。多么残酷的等待和命运，在我们国家的某个地方已经变得太正常了，每天都在发生，”拜登说。
他接着说，“上周，我呼吁司法部更好地保护美国人免受枪支暴力。我还敦促国会听取美国人民——包括绝大多数枪支所有者——的呼吁，颁布常识性的枪支暴力预防立法，如普遍的背景调查和禁止战争武器和高容量杂志。每天都有太多的美国人死于枪支暴力。它玷污了我们的品格，刺穿了我们民族的灵魂。我们能够而且必须采取更多行动，拯救生命。”
拜登再次下令白宫降半旗，就像他在其他大规模枪击事件后所做的那样。
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2021年4月16日，华盛顿特区，美国国旗在白宫半旗志哀。
副总统卡玛拉•哈里斯星期五说，“我们国家的家庭再次为枪支暴力造成的家庭成员的死亡而悲痛。”
“毫无疑问，这场暴力必须结束，”她说。
8 killed in mass shooting at Indianapolis FedEx facility; suspect, 19, was former employee
Eight people were shot dead and several others were injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis Thursday night, according to authorities.
The suspect, 19-year-old Brandon Hole -- who FedEx says was a former employee -- was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Craig McCartt, deputy chief of Criminal Investigations at Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, said at a Friday news conference. He was armed with a rifle, McCartt said.
When officers arrived at the FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport just after 11 p.m., they found a "chaotic and active crime scene," McCartt said.
"This suspect came to the facility ... he got out of his car and pretty quickly started some random shooting outside the facility. There was no confrontation with anyone," McCartt said. "That began in the parking lot and then he did go into the building."
Four victims were found outside and four were inside, police said. They ranged in age from 19 to 74.
Those killed were identified Friday night by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department as Matthew R Alexander, 32; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jaswinder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karlie Smith, 19; and John Weisert, 74.
Five surviving victims suffered injuries consistent with gunshot wounds and two others had minor injuries, McCartt said.
Hole last worked at FedEx in 2020, McCartt said.
"We can confirm that the perpetrator was a former employee at the facility," FedEx said. The company deferred further information to the police.
Police said they do not have a motive.
There is no indication that the shooting is connected toterrorism, two law enforcement officials told ABC News.
In March 2020, Hole's mother "contacted law enforcement to report he might try to commit 'suicide by cop,'"Paul Keenan, special agent in charge of the FBI's Indianapolis field office, said in a statement. "The suspect was placed on an immediate detention mental health temporary hold by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department."
A shotgun was taken from Hole's home and "based on items observed in the suspect’s bedroom at that time, he was interviewed by the FBI in April 2020," Keenan said.
"No Racially Motivated Violent Extremism (RMVE) ideology was identified during the course of the assessment and no criminal violation was found," Keenan said. "The shotgun was not returned to the suspect."
About 100 employees were in the vicinity of the FedEx facility at the time of the shooting, according to the company. Many employees were changing shifts or on their dinner break at the time, McCartt said.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Randal Taylor called FedEx a major employer for the city. This FedEx location is the second-largest FedEx Express Hub in the world, according to an internal briefing from the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The largest hub is in Memphis.
FedEx said in a statement Friday morning, "We are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members following the tragic shooting at our FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis."
"Our most heartfelt sympathies are with all those affected by this senseless act of violence," FedEx said. "The safety of our team members is our top priority, and we are fully cooperating with investigating authorities."
FedEx told ABC News that no COVID-19 vaccine shipments were impacted by the shooting.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said in a statement Friday, "This morning, Indianapolis residents are confronted with the horrific news of yet another mass shooting, an act of violence that senselessly claimed the lives of eight of our neighbors."
"As law enforcement works to learn more about this tragedy, our prayers are with the families of those whose lives were cut short," Hogsett said.
The mayor said at the Friday news conference, "We must guard against resignation or even despair. The assumption that this is simply how it must be and we might as well get used to it -- we need the courage that compels courageous acts that push past weariness."
In astatement, President Joe Bidencalled the shooting "just the latest in a string of tragedies, following closely after gunmen firing bullets in broad day light at spas in and around Atlanta, Georgia, a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and so many other shootings."
"It’s a mass shooting just a week after we met, in the Rose Garden, with families who lost children and dear friends as bullets pierced their bodies and souls in schools, a night club, in a car at a gas station, and a town meeting at a grocery store. And it came just the night before 14th anniversary of the shooting at Virginia Tech, in which a gunman murdered 32 people," Biden said.
"Last night and into the morning in Indianapolis, yet again families had to wait to hear word about the fate of their loved ones. What a cruel wait and fate that has become too normal and happens every day somewhere in our nation," Biden said.
He went on, "Last week, I called on the Justice Department to better protect Americans from gun violence. I also urged Congress to hear the call of the American people -- including the vast majority of gun owners -- to enact commonsense gun violence prevention legislation, like universal background checks and a ban of weapons of war and high-capacity magazines. Too many Americans are dying every single day from gun violence. It stains our character and pierces the very soul of our nation. We can, and must, do more to act and to save lives."
Biden once again ordered White House flags to be lowered to half-staff, as he has done following other mass shootings.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday, "Yet again, we have families in our country that are grieving the loss of their family members because of gun violence."
“There is no question that this violence must end," she said.
