Eight people were killed last night when a man walked into the FedEx operations center near the Indianapolis International Airport and started shooting.
Jeremiah Miller and Timothy Boillet, two friends who work the night shift at FedEx, were on a lunch break when they say that started hearing the gunshots ring out shortly after 11:00 p.m.
“We hear two gunshots, and we think it’s a car, a muffler, and then we hear three more shots and we think it must be an engine problem,” said Miller. “Then we start hearing six to around ten shots.”
That’s when Miller said he got up and peaked out of the break room.
“I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing out into the open,” he said. “I immediately ducked down and got scared.”
“I didn’t exactly see anyone get shot but after hearing the shots I saw a body behind a vehicle,” added Boillet.
U.S. Rep. André Carson tweeted at 2:44 a.m. Friday:
“I am heartbroken by the mass shooting at the FedEx facility here in Indianapolis and praying for all affected by this tragedy. I am communicating with local authorities to get all details of the attack and my office stands ready to help everyone affected any way we can.”
The gunman turned the gun on himself while on scene.
There is no word on if he was an employee of Fed Ex.
IMPD Officer Genae Cook says if you have family that works at the FedEx facility and you cannot get in touch with them, go to the Holiday Inn Express at 8555 Stanstead Dr.
