FedEx gunman legally bought rifles despite red flag laws – US police

The police did not say where Hole bought the weapons, citing the ongoing investigation, but said he was seen using both rifles during the assault

Authorities said Hole shot dead eight people, four of them from the city’s Sikh community, at the FedEx facility in Indianapolis late on Thursday before killing himself. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The former employee who shot dead eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally bought the two rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent such purchases, police said.

A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed that suspect Brandon Hole, 19, of Indianapolis, legally bought the rifles last July and September, officials with the Indianapolis police said.