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Who is FedEx Indianapolis shooter Brandon Scott Hole?
POLICE have identified Brandon Scott Hole as the alleged FedEx mass shooter of April 15, 2021.
The teenager allegedly killed eight and injured nearly 60 people in the warehouse.
Read our Fedex shooting live blog below for the very latest news and updates…
A mass shooting happened at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis[/caption]
Who is FedEx Indianapolis shooter Brandon Scott Hole?
Brandon Scott Hole, 19, was identified as the alleged shooter of the FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis.
The alleged gunman’s family warned authorities about his potential for violence before the mass shooting, according to CNN.
The shooter pulled the weapon out of his trunk and allegedly started shooting for up to two minutes during a FedEx night shift change, witnesses claimed.
Employee Jeremiah Miller told WISH that he watched the mass shooting unfold inside the warehouse, saying: “I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open.
The alleged shooter was identified as Brandon Scott Hole, 19.[/caption]
“I immediately ducked down and got scared and my friend’s mother, she came in and told us to get inside the car.”
The FBI searched Hole’s home upon the shooting.
What happened to Brandon Scott Hole?
Cops arrived at the scene on Mirabel Road at about 11pm and found several bodies scattered all over the warehouse, one reportedly being Hole’s.
It is believed he shot himself in the head after police arrived at the facility.
In police dispatch audio published by Heavy, the suspect was described as a “white male wearing a hat” or hoodie and carrying a rifle type weapon.
The shooting claimed the lives of eight people and injured over 60[/caption]
“We have the suspect here inside it looks like. Looks like he has a gunshot wound to the head. Two rifles here,” an officer said in the audio.
“Unless there’s another person out, this is going to be our suspect here.”
What did police say about the FedEx shooting?
Indianapolis police spokesperson Genae Cook told reporters: “Today it is very heartbreaking and, you know, in the Annapolis Metro Police Department, the officers responded, they came in, they went in and they did their job.
“And a lot of them are trying to face this because this is a sight that no one should ever have to see.”
Cooks added that officers are still working to identify the shooter and said that “this is going to go long into the morning.”
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“We’re still trying to ascertain the exact reason and cause for this incident,” Cook said.
A witness claimed that Hole worked at the facility, though police have yet to confirm that.
The FedEx facility employs more than 4,500 people and it is the company’s second largest hub in the world.