At least eight people were killed and several others were injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday night in which the shooter also took his own life, police said.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of shots fired inside the Fedex Ground-Plainfield Operation Center shortly after 11 p.m and discovered multiple victims with gunshot wounds, according to a policereport.
Eight people were killed, the report states. Police said the shooter also took his own life, andNBC Newsand theAssociated Pressreport the shooter was not among the eight people counted in the death toll.
FedEx said employees of the company were among the dead, according to the AP.
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Cook said the shooter killed himself at the scene and it is too early to tell if the gunman was an employee of the facility.
“We’re still trying to ascertain the exact reason and cause for this incident,” added Cook.
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Craig McCartt, deputy chief of criminal investigations for Indianapolis,told CNNthe shooting “probably only lasted one to two minutes.”
McCartt said the shooting began when the suspect exited his vehicle and began shooting in the parking lot, before entering the facility and continuing to shoot.
According to McCartt the suspect killed himself before police confronted him.
A witness at the scene toldTodaythat he was inside the facility when he heard gunshots.
“I see a man come out with a rifle in his hand and he starts firing and he starts yelling stuff that I could not understand.” Levi Miller said. “What I ended up doing was ducking down to make sure he did not see me because I thought he would see me and he would shoot me.”
Indiana State Police detectives are working with IMPD Homicide detectives on conducting interviews and gathering further information on the shooting, according to the police report.
The Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency and the Marion County Coroner’s Office (MCCO) will also be assisting. The MCCO will release the names of the deceased victims once proper next-of-kin notifications are made.
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FedEx released astatementregarding the violence early Friday morning.
source: people.com
