{"id":430533,"date":"2021-04-16T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430533"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:15:47","slug":"8-dead-7-injured-in-fedex-facility-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-dead-7-injured-in-fedex-facility-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Dead, 7 Injured In FedEx Facility Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2F8-dead-7-injured-in-fedex-facility-shooting%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=430533&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2407.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Eight people were killed and seven were injured in Indianapolis late Thursday night after a gunman walked onto a FedEx ground facility property and started shooting, local authorities said early Friday morning.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Five of the seven injured were taken to the hospital, while another two were treated on-scene, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/04\/16\/us\/indianapolis-fedex-shooting\"><span>according<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;to<span>&nbsp;The New York Times. One of the hospitalized individuals was in critical condition as of Friday morning but the individual is reportedly expected to survive. The facility is located near the Indianapolis airport.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs officers arrived, they came in contact with an active shooter incident. Preliminary information at this time is that the shooter has taken his own life,\u201d said police department spokesperson Genae Cook in a press conference early Friday, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eG1LjqdaTwM\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> ABC News. \u201cWe don\u2019t feel that there is an active threat to the community at this time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Craig McCartt, a deputy police chief, said the suspect began shooting when in the parking lot before walking into the facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-04-15\/reports-multiple-people-shot-at-indianapolis-fedex-facility\">reports<\/a> The Los Angeles Times.\u201cThere was no confrontation with anyone that was there,\u201d said McCartt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no disturbance, there was no argument. He just appeared to randomly start shooting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span>In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fedex.com\/newsroom\/frederick-w-smith-message-to-team-members-on-indianapolis-tragedy\/\"><span>letter<\/span><\/a><span> posted online, FedEx CEO Frederick Smith described the eight victims as employees of the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI want to express my deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and co-workers of those team members. Our priority right now is in responding to the situation on the ground and helping our team members and law enforcement,\u201d said Smith.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a devastating day, and words are hard to describe the emotions we all feel. Please keep the Indianapolis team and surrounding community in your thoughts and prayers as we continue to support and care for each other in the difficult days ahead,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Governor Eric Holcomb (R) called the incident heartbreaking and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for the next four days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn times like this, words like justice and sorrow fall short in response for those senselessly taken. Our thoughts are with the families, friends, coworkers and all those affected by this terrible situation,\u201d said Holcomb.<\/p>\n<p>Both of Indiana\u2019s U.S. Senators responded to the tragedy on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shooting at FedEx was a senseless tragedy. Indiana and the nation mourn for the lives lost and forever changed last night,\u201d said Senator Todd Young (R).<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mike Braun (R) said he and his wife learned about the shooting when they woke up. \u201cOur hearts are mourning for the individuals who\u2019ve senselessly lost their lives, all of their loved ones, and their co-workers at FedEx who will be dealing with this tragedy for a long time to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight people were killed and seven were injured in Indianapolis late Thursday night after a gunman walked onto a FedEx ground facility property and started shooting, local authorities said early &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312319,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2407.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"8 Dead, 7 Injured In FedEx Facility Shooting","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2407.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"8 Dead, 7 Injured In FedEx Facility Shooting","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430533","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=430533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}