Authorities confer at the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility early Friday morning, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Authorities confer at the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility early Friday morning, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic.
AP Photo/Michael Conroy
  • The shooting suspect accused of opening fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday has been identified.
  • Law enforcement sources named the suspect as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, the AP and NBC News reported.
  • The gunman died by suicide after killing eight people at the facility, police said. A motive behind the shooting remains unclear.
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The man suspected of shooting eight people and injuring several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night has been identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, according to NBC News and the Associated Press.

Police said they believe Hole died by suicide following Thursday's shooting at the FedEx processing center near the Indianapolis airport.

A motive for the shooting is unknown, and police and local FBI officials are continuing to investigate. Authorities searched Hole's home in Indianapolis and seized evidence, including "desktop computers and other electronic media," according to the Associated Press.

Police haven't publicly confirmed the suspect's identity.

Sources told CNN correspondent Ana Cabrera that law enforcement officials knew about the shooting suspect's potential for violence prior to the shooting, and said he was known to both federal and local authorities. Cabrera also reported that the gunman was a former FedEx employee.

In March 2020, police were called to Hole's home - the same home searched on Friday - and officials seized a shotgun from a "dangerous person," now identified as Hole, according to WTHR.

A police report from the incident, seen by WTHR, said Hole had bought the gun 24 hours prior and reportedly expressed suicidal thoughts. He was later transported to the hospital.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Deputy Chief Craig McCartt said at a press conference on Friday that the gunman "appeared to randomly start shooting" when he opened fire, first in the parking lot and later inside the FedEx facility.

"There was no confrontation with anyone that was there," he said. "There was no disturbance, there was no argument. He just appeared to randomly start shooting."

The eight people who were killed have not yet been publicly identified by officials.

This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates.

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