Investigators to give final update on FedEx mass shooting

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) —On Wednesday IMPD, the FBI and officials from the U.S. Department of Justice volition springiness a last update connected the wide shooting astatine an Indianapolis FedEx facility.

The property league volition beryllium held astatine 11 a.m. astatine the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division. IMPD Chief Randal Taylor, IMPD Deputy Chief of Investigations Craig McCartt, Federal Bureau of Investigations SAC Paul Keenan and U.S. Department of Justice, Acting United States Attorney John Childress are expected to speak.

In April, 8 radical were killed erstwhile a 19-year-old antheral opened occurrence astatine the FedEx facility. The victims scope from 19 to 74 years old. They were each employees astatine FedEx and worked successful the building.

IMPD said Brandon Hole was the gunman and took his ain beingness aft the killings. To this day, it’s not been wide wherefore helium opened occurrence and connected Wednesday determination is anticipation to larn much astir a motive.

Officials said Hole was a erstwhile worker astatine FedEx and past worked with the institution successful 2020. After the shooting, IMPD said Hole had 2 battle rifles that helium bought legally successful July and September of 2020. Just earlier that, successful March of 2020, the FBI said Hole’s parent told instrumentality enforcement that helium mightiness effort to perpetrate termination by cop.

The FBI said Hole was placed connected an contiguous detention intelligence wellness impermanent clasp by IMPD and a shotgun was taken from his location successful March of 2020. However, Hole ne'er appeared earlier a justice for a proceeding nether Indiana’s “Red flag” law, due to the fact that authorities did not question specified a hearing. No transgression usurpation was recovered successful 2020.