In a Spasm of Violence, Indianapolis Faces the Country’s Latest Mass Shooting

The country grappled with yet another bloody rampage, only weeks after back-to-back mass shootings last month in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo.

INDIANAPOLIS — He appeared in the parking lot after dark — a hooded figure with a gun who immediately began spraying bullets in every direction. He stepped into the FedEx warehouse, a place where he had once worked, and continued shooting, “firing into the open,” according to one witness. He shouted unintelligibly as he fired off round after round, and then, before the police could even arrive, he had killed himself, leaving in his wake eight dead and at least seven wounded.