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Victims killed in mass shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis identified

WRTV's Cornelius Hocker reports. Four of the people killed in Thursday night's shooting were members of the Sikh community.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The eight people killed in a deadly mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis have been identified.

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called around 11 p.m. Thursday on the report of shots fired at the FedEx facility in the 8900 block of Mirabel Road in Indianapolis.

Eight people were killed. They have been identified by the Marion County Coroner's Office and IMPD.

  1. Matthew R. Alexander, 32
  2. Samaria Blackwell, 19
  3. Amarjeet Johal, 66
  4. Jasvinder Kaur, 50
  5. Jaswinder Singh, 68
  6. Amarjit Sekhon, 48
  7. Karli Smith, 19
  8. John Weisert, 74
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Amarjeet Johal was killed in the mass shooting on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. "I have several family members who work at the particular facility and are traumatized," her granddaughter, Komal, said. "My nani, my family, and our families should not feel unsafe at work, at their place of worship, or anywhere. Enough is enough--our community has been through enough trauma."
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John Weisert (far right), 74, was killed on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in a mass shooting in Indianapolis. He and his wife we’re getting ready to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in November, his family told WRTV.

Several other people were hospitalized with injuries. Their names aren't being released.

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