Eight people shot dead at Indianapolis FedEx facility

Officers were called to reports of an active shooting at the FedEx facility near the airport late on Thursday.

A woman asks law enforcement near the FedEx hub following a shooting in Indianapolis, IN., Friday, April 16, 2021. Multiple people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter killed himself, police said.(Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Eight people have been shot dead by a gunman at a FedEx facility in the US city of Indianapolis before the shooter killed himself, police said.

Several other people were injured in the incident near Indianapolis International Airport, and four were taken to hospital, police spokesperson Genae Cook said.