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Police are looking for motives after Indianapolis shooting
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT HEAD RANDAL TAYLOR: “We are all shocked by this heinous act.” Authorities in Indianapolis said Friday it was still too early to know what motivated an armed man who killed eight employees at a FedEx plant and wounded several others before taking his own life. IMPD DEPUTY CHIEF CRAIG MCCARTT: “You know, I can tell you very little …” Craig McCartt, deputy chief of police in Indianapolis, said in a newsletter that the shooting, which lasted only a few minutes, has already was over by the time the police responded to the scene. MCCARTT: “There was no confrontation with anyone who was there. There was no disturbance. There was no argument. It looks like he started shooting randomly. And it started in the parking lot and then he did start for a. briefly entered the facility. “Officers found the suspect dead inside the facility of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and four victims. The other four victims were outside the building. INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR JOE HOGSETT:” … tragedies like this Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett noted that the shooting late Thursday night was not only the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States, but the third in his city alone so far this year. In a statement, President Joe Biden called on Congress to address an ‘epidemic’ of gun violence through the introduction of gun security measures, a call by Vice President Kamala Harris … HARRIS: ‘… this violence must end. ” … and White House spokesman Jen Psaki.PSAKI: ‘The Senate must pass the three bills to strengthen the background checks that have passed the House by a two-way majority and have the overwhelming support of the American people. Friday was the 14th anniversary of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at Virginia Tech, in which 32 people were killed. The shooting at the FedEx facility also follows recent riots at three days in spas in the Atlanta area that left eight dead and one in a grocery store in Colorado that killed 10.