The killer took a couple of minutes to carry out the massacre. Eight dead. This time in Indianapolis, Indiana. New martyr city on the American map, marked by the blood of many innocents. 11pm on Thursday, local time (almost dawn on Friday in Italy). The murderer arrived by car at the FedEx depot near the airport, stopped in the parking lot, got out and fired without saying a word on those present. Here, on the asphalt, the first 4 victims. Then entered the building to finish the mission. He fired again, killing 4 other people and wounding six. The identity of the killer was revealed by the media in the early afternoon yesterday: Brandon Scott Hole, 19, former employee.
All fallen under the fire of his rifle, then used to take his own life according to a ritual not uncommon in these circumstances. The complex, where many Sikhs work, was isolated. The anguish of family members who flocked to the area was great. For them it was not possible to contact their relatives because it is forbidden to use cell phones inside the warehouses, a rule adopted – they explain – to prevent staff from getting distracted. Absurd situation. For hours the names of the fallen have not been leaked, of those who ended up in the hospital. According to some sources, the killer Brandon Scott Hole had been reported by the family to the police as considered dangerous, capable of carrying out violent acts. A circumstance that, if confirmed, will open a second front, not unprecedented in the events of the massacres.
At this point the second phase began. Pain, condemnation, tears. A long wave up to Washington. The White House ordered the flags at half mast while the president Joe Biden used strong terms: Gun violence an epidemic in America. But we don’t have to accept it. We have to act. Too many Americans are dying every day from gun violence, it stains our character and tears apart the very soul of our nation. We can, and must, do more to save lives.
An appeal has often resounded in recent weeks where mass shooters have repeatedly attacked, for different reasons. In mid-March, the Atlanta attack on massage parlors run by Asian women, followed by Boulder – where they are still looking for a reason – two episodes in South Carolina. And yesterday was the anniversary of a terrible event: on April 16, 2007, a student of South Korean origin murdered 32 students at Virginia Tech. A raid accompanied by a media move, with the murderer sending videotapes.
That massacre will often be cited by other protagonists of the massacres who will in turn leave messages and texts to explain violent gestures. Sometimes confused reasons, theses of unstable people, but also the narration of alleged injustices, resentments, hatred. A set of factors that contributed to a tragic balance sheet. In the country, during 2020, there were 20,000 deaths and in the current year 147 attacks with more than four killed.
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