The gunman who opened fire at a FedEx site in Indianapolis, killing eight workers, then himself, was a 19-year-old former employee with a history of mental illness that led to his detention by law enforcement last year, police and FBI officials said on Friday.
Four members of the Sikh religion – three women and a man – were among the dead in Thursday night’s gun rampage, according to a local leader of the Sikh community who said he had been briefed by the victims’ families.
Law enforcement officials said they had not immediately determined whether racial or ethnic hatred was behind the killings.
The incident – the latest in a spate of at least seven deadly mass shootings in …
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