Former FedEx Worker Kills 8 People at Indianapolis Facility

  • Rifle attack leaves eight victims dead, one critically wounded
  • Company supports gun control, backed candidates who don’t

A police vehicle at the FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport.

Photographer: Michael Conroy/AP
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A 19-year-old former employee of FedEx Corp. gunned down eight people at a company facility near the Indianapolis airport and then killed himself with a rifle.

Authorities identified the gunman as Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, according to the Associated Press, citing two law-enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Hole worked for FedEx’s ground unit at the facility he targeted, a company spokeswoman said.