FedEx gunman who killed eight wanted to ‘demonstrate his masculinity’

The former FedEx worker who gunned down eight people at an Indianapolis facility was not motivated by racial bias or ideology – but went on his shooting rampage to “demonstrate his masculinity,” according to officials.

Brandon Scott Hole, 19, who last worked at the company in 2020, turned the gun on himself after killing eight people and injuring several others during his attack in April. Half of the victims belonged to the Sikh community, whose religion originated in the Punjab state of India. Local and federal officials said during a press conference Wednesday that the shooting was “an act of suicidal murder” in which Hole decided to kill himself “in a way he believed would demonstrate his masculinity and capability while fulfilling a final desire to experience killing people,” the Indianapolis Star reported.“Only the shooter knows all the reasons why he committed this horrific act of violence,” said Paul Keenan, the FBI’s Indianapolis special agent in charge, adding that he “did not appear to have been motivated by bias or desire to advance any ideology.”