FedEx shooting: 'Multiple victims' after shots fired at facility near Indianapolis airport 

Multiple victims after shooting at a FedEx facility near Indianapolis Airport – sparking an enormous police response

  • IMPD officers say they found ‘multiple victims at this time’, according to reports
  • Sgt. John Perrine, of Indiana State police, tweeted: ‘I-70 is closed in both directions between I-465 and Ronald Regan Pkwy due to police activity’
  • Images from the scene show a heavy police presence
  • Law enforcement were called to the scene at around 11pm local time 

Police are investigating a ‘mass casualty’ shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport.

IMPD officers say they found ‘multiple victims’, 13News reports.  

It is not known if the shooter is still active or how many people have been injured. Two eyewitnesses report seeing a man getting a gun from the trunk of his car. 

Images from the scene show a heavy police presence. Initial reports suggest that the shooting took place inside the facility and outside in a parking lot. 

Police are investigating a 'mass casualty' shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport

Police are investigating a ‘mass casualty’ shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport

IMPD officers say they found 'multiple victims', 13News reports

IMPD officers say they found ‘multiple victims’, 13News reports

Sgt. John Perrine, of Indiana State police, tweeted: 'I-70 is closed in both directions between I-465 and Ronald Regan Pkwy due to police activity in the area. Please seek alternate routes'

Sgt. John Perrine, of Indiana State police, tweeted: ‘I-70 is closed in both directions between I-465 and Ronald Regan Pkwy due to police activity in the area. Please seek alternate routes’

Images from the scene show a heavy police presence. Law enforcement were called to the scene at around 11pm local time

Images from the scene show a heavy police presence. Law enforcement were called to the scene at around 11pm local time

Law enforcement were called to the scene at around 11pm local time, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Genae Cook. 

One victim’s uncle told Fox59 his niece had been sitting in her car when a gunman opened fire on her. He said she was recovering in hospital. 

WRTV reports that workers hid under conveyor belts during the incident. 

The facility employs more than 4,500people; it is the company’s second largest hub globally. 

Worker Jeremiah Miller had just finished his shift. He told WISH: ‘I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open.’

Sgt. John Perrine, of Indiana State police, had tweeted: ‘I-70 is closed in both directions between I-465 and Ronald Regan Pkwy due to police activity in the area. Please seek alternate routes.’ 

The interstate is now reopen.  

It is not known if the shooter is still active or how many people have been injured

It is not known if the shooter is still active or how many people have been injured

Two eyewitnesses report seeing a man getting a gun from the trunk of his car

Two eyewitnesses report seeing a man getting a gun from the trunk of his car

Images from the scene show a heavy police presence. Initial reports suggest that the shooting took place inside the facility and outside in a parking lot

Images from the scene show a heavy police presence. Initial reports suggest that the shooting took place inside the facility and outside in a parking lot

Police are investigating a shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport, according to reports Thursday. IMPD officers say they found 'multiple victims at this time' (stock image)

Police are investigating a shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport, according to reports Thursday. IMPD officers say they found ‘multiple victims at this time’ (stock image)

source: dailymail.co.uk