{"id":429876,"date":"2021-04-16T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429876"},"modified":"2021-04-16T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:05:20","slug":"mass-shooting-at-fedex-facility-near-airport-leaves-8-dead-5-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-shooting-at-fedex-facility-near-airport-leaves-8-dead-5-hospitalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Shooting At FedEx Facility Near Airport Leaves 8 Dead, 5 Hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmass-shooting-at-fedex-facility-near-airport-leaves-8-dead-5-hospitalized%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>At least eight people are dead and several others were wounded after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday before killing himself, police said, according to numerous sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Police were called to the FedEx Ground facility just after 11 p.m. Thursday, and found an \u201cactive shooter incident\u201d upon arrival at the scene, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2021\/04\/16\/fedex-shooting-indianapolis\/7249099002\/\"><span>IndyStar<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.0540540540541\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IMPD says 8 people have died and multiple others were injured in the mass shooting at the FedEx facility in Indy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CwVCqEhmyn\">pic.twitter.com\/CwVCqEhmyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WRTV Indianapolis (@wrtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrtv\/status\/1382957194866532355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police (IMPD) said five people were hospitalized, two were treated and released at the scene, and one person had critical injuries after the shooting, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fedex-indianapolis-mass-shooting-e92ad3117c56357b3b2c71a2903e68a8\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to the Associated Press (AP).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Police said the eight people killed had injuries consistent with gunshot wounds, according to IndyStar. The gunman was found dead nearby from what police believe was a suicide. Investigators have not identified the shooter or a motive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re still trying to ascertain the exact reason and cause for this incident,\u201d Genae Cook, Indianapolis police spokesperson, said, according to the AP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>FedEx said employees of the company were among those killed in the shooting, according to the AP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members following the tragic shooting at our FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis,\u201d a Friday morning statement on Twitter by FedEx said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.6666666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSrHS8H8Je\">pic.twitter.com\/kSrHS8H8Je<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FedEx (@FedEx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedEx\/status\/1383033205478031362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur most heartfelt sympathies are with all those affected by this senseless act of violence. The safety of our team members is our top priority, and we are fully cooperating with investigating authorities,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p><span>A witness told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/crime\/indianapolis-fedex-shooting-shots-fired-victims-shooter\/531-aa5d4c58-0cca-45c7-8c08-9697df5e793c\"><span>WTHR<\/span><\/a><span> that he was working at the facility when he saw a man with a rifle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m at a bench and so I stand up and take a look at the entrance door and by the time I see the door, I see a man come out with a rifle in his hand and he starts firing and he starts yellin\u2019 stuff that I could not understand,\u201d Levi Miller told WTHR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>FedEx and police were working to reunite family members with FedEx employees, an effort complicated by the fact that the company\u2019s employees do not have cell phones on them while working, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/indianapolis-fedex-shooting-04-16-21-intl-hnk\/index.html\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.4313725490196\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Family members arriving to nearby Holiday Inn after shooting at Fed-Ex facility. Frustration as they say they haven\u2019t been able to reach family working inside. Say there is a policy barring workers carrying phones on shift <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTHRcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WTHRcom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/78Nr9QDT8h\">pic.twitter.com\/78Nr9QDT8h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allen Carter (@CarterNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarterNews\/status\/1382932634918129668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>IMPD will work with the Indiana State Police to investigate the shooting, according to Indy Star. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also assisting with the investigation, according to WTHR.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people are dead and several others were wounded after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday before killing himself, police said, according &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276077,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}