The mayor of Indianapolis on Friday described the lethal shooting at a FedEx warehouse close to the metropolis’s airport as “horrific news.” It was the latest time this year that the mayor has responded to a mass shooting that amplified gun violence in the metropolis.
“This morning, Indianapolis residents are confronted with the horrific news of yet another mass shooting, an act of violence that senselessly claimed the lives of eight of our neighbors,” the mayor, Joe Hogsett, stated.
The gunman in Thursday’s shooting killed eight folks and injured not less than seven others earlier than killing himself, the police stated.
“As law enforcement works to learn more about this tragedy, our prayers are with the families of those whose lives were cut short,” Mr. Hogsett said on Twitter.
“Thank you to all of our city’s first responders for their tireless work overnight. Their quick response provided critical aid to those injured in the shooting and brought a measure of calm to an otherwise chaotic scene,” Mr. Hogsett stated.
In January, Mr. Hogsett confronted one other shooting with a number of victims, which the metropolis’s police chief stated was the worst mass casualty shooting in additional than a decade in Indianapolis. A youth was later arrested in the killing of 5 individuals who had been present in a house in Indianapolis.
The bloodshed in January got here simply days after Mr. Hogsett and police officers mentioned plans to scale back violent crimes in Indianapolis, the place the native information media reported that there have been 245 homicides in 2020 — a document, and a 40 % enhance from 2019.
Mr. Hogsett referred to as the January shooting “mass murder” that introduced “terror to our community.” In February, he returned to the neighborhood the place the shooting occurred to spotlight a public security stroll initiative, which was began in 2017 as a manner for residents to share considerations with elected officers and the police.
A shooting close to the metropolis’s east facet in March left 4 folks lifeless, together with a 7-year-old baby, and critically wounded a lady, the authorities said. The police stated the shooting stemmed from a home drawback.
Mr. Hogsett, 64, a Democrat, took workplace in 2016, after serving as Indiana’s secretary of state and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
