A lone gunman has reportedly shot and killed eight people at a FEDEX facility in Indianapolis. The shooting occurred just after 11pm on Thursday night.
Apart from the dead, four others who sustained injuries were hospitalized. One person is said to be in a critical condition. Others were treated and discharged.
Indianapolis police stated, the assailant acted alone and subsequently killed himself.
Summarizing the tragedy, Officer Genae Cook of the Indianapolis Police Department stated that they arrived on the scene after receiving reports of an active shooter at the FEDEX warehouse facility. She indicated that multiple people were injured and the suspect was believed to have committed suicide.
An eyewitness report stated, “I saw a man with a sub machine gun, an automatic riffle and he was firing in the open”.
The FEDEX facility where the shooting took is located next to the Airport. However, operations at the Airport were unaffected.