I strongly support - I strongly support - the universal background checks, which I continue to push. Transcript “It’s a National Embarrassment,’ Biden Says on Gun Violence President Biden said on Friday that he was committed to passing gun control legislation and called on Senate Republicans to support a bill already passed by the House. Mayor Joe Hogsett of Indianapolis condemned the “horrific news of yet another mass shooting, an act of violence that senselessly claimed the lives of eight of our neighbors.” “This is another heartbreaking day, and I’m shaken by the mass shooting at the FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis,” Gov. Officials used a common word - “another” - to define the tragedy. The violence in Indianapolis comes only weeks after mass shootings last month at spas in the Atlanta area and at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., renewing pressure on lawmakers in Washington to address America’s deep-seated problem with gun violence. Girn’s aunt, moved to Indianapolis from Ohio to be closer to family. Girn’s sister-in-law and moved to the United States from India three years ago. Sekhon, commuted to work at the FedEx facility together, said Rimpi Girn, a family member. “We are sad to confirm that at least four of those killed in Thursday night’s attacks are members of the Indianapolis Sikh community,” the Sikh Coalition, a national nonprofit organization, said on Twitter. He was not charged with a crime, and the agent said that a shotgun was not returned to him.Īs families waited for word of their loved ones, reports emerged that the FedEx facility was the workplace for many Sikh employees, some of whom were among the dead. special agent confirmed that the gunman had been interviewed by federal agents in April 2020, and that he was put on an “immediate detention mental health temporary hold.” Officials said the gunman, a 19-year-old, was a former employee of the company whose mother had warned law enforcement officials last year that he might try to attempt “suicide by cop.” An F.B.I. Some family members of victims who were Sikh provided different spellings and ages: Jasvinder Kaur, 50 Amarjit Sekhon, 49 and Jaswinder Singh, 70. Alexander, 32 Samaria Blackwell, 19 Amarjeet Johal, 66 Jaswinder Kaur, 64 Jaswinder Singh, 68 Amarjit Sekhon, 48 Karli Smith, 19 and John Weisert, 74. The victims were identified by the police as Matthew R. FedEx employees are not allowed to use their phones on the floor of the warehouse, complicating the reuniting of employees and their loved ones. INDIANAPOLIS - Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department identified the eight victims of the mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Friday night, more than 20 hours after the gunman opened fire on Thursday.įamilies of people who worked at the warehouse were gathered at a hotel in the hours after the shooting, waiting for news.
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