alert! At least 9 dead and 5 injured in a mass shooting in a FedEx warehouse!
According to multiple media reports, at around 11pm local time on April 15th, a gunman shot and killed at least 9 people with an assault rifle in a FedEx warehouse near the Polis Airport in Indiana. , Many people were injured and at least four people were sent to the hospital for treatment, including one seriously injured.
The FedEx warehouse where the shooting broke out is located in the 8900 block of Mirabel Road in Polis, Indiana, and has more than 4,500 employees. It is FedEx's second-largest hub transit warehouse in the world.
The suspect was identified as a 19-year-old FedEx employee from Indiana, Brandon Scott Hole. The police searched his home and obtained his computer and other electronic devices to find him Motivation of the crime.
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According to reports, one person recalled the scene of the incident and said that the murderer fired at random, and no one had clashed with him before the incident. As it was during the shift handover period, there were about 100 people at the scene. The deputy chief of the local police department, Mark Markt, said that the murderer was 19-year-old Brandon Hall, who had been employed by the FedEx company where the incident occurred in 2020. Hall's body was found at the scene, and the police judged that he committed suicide.
One detail of this case today is even more distressing. Employees are prohibited from carrying mobile phones in the FedEx building or warehouse. They must lock their mobile phones before entering the warehouse and the sorting center.
When the gunmen raided and fired, they were unable to call 911 to report to the police, and could only avoid death.
The police rushed to the scene after receiving the report at around 11pm on Thursday. The police said that four victims were found outside the facility and four more victims were found inside the building.
The name of the victim has not yet been announced. The police said that the coroner's office had already begun the process of confirming the identity of the victim in the afternoon.
According to an internal briefing by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, the FedEx facility is the second largest FedEx air transshipment center in the world, and the largest transshipment center is in Memphis.
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Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said in a statement on Friday: "This morning, Indianapolis residents woke up to the terrible news of another mass shooting. The violence was unreasonable. Took the lives of eight of our neighbors."
FedEx subsequently issued a statement saying that the shooting was "tragic." "We are aware of the tragic shooting at the FedEx ground plant near the Indianapolis Airport. Safety is our top priority and we are now with all of us. The people affected are closely related. We are working hard to gather more information and are cooperating with investigating agencies."
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