America's bloody month of gun violence: How at least 38 have been killed in mass shootings across the US since the beginning of March
A gunman shot eight people dead and injured several others at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis before taking his own life on Thursday night, the latest in a spate of gun attacks in the last month.
The rampage brings the total fatalities from mass shootings in the US since the beginning of March to 38.
A massacre in Atlanta, Georgia, claimed eight lives on March 16, only six days before ten people were killed in a shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22.
It was followed by another attack on March 31, when four people were gunned down in Orange, Califorina.
Two mass shootings have already taken place in April, one leaving six dead in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on April 7.
In the most recent rampage on Thursday night, at least nine people were killed at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis.
It comes as US President Joe Biden warned over an 'epidemic' of gun violence sweeping across the country.
He told reporters 'it has to stop' after talking about separate shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia, which took place less than a week apart in March and claimed the lives of 18 people.
Indianapolis, IN, April 15
At least eight people were killed and multiple others injured after a gunman went on a rampage with an assault rifle at a FedEx warehouse near Indianapolis Airport before shooting himself dead.
At least four people were hospitalized, including one person with critical injuries, police said in the early hours of April 16.
Two others were treated at the scene and released. No law enforcement officers were injured.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Officer Genae Cook tolder reporters police officers came in contact with an active shooter after they were called shortly after 11pm.
The male gunman is understood to have taken his own life, and is the ninth confirmed death from the incident. Police reported finding the alleged shooter's body at 11:23pm local time.
It was not immediately clear what the gunman's motive was.
At least eight people have been killed and multiple others injured after a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Thursday
Rock Hill, SC, April 7
Six people were shot dead by former NFL-player Phillip Adams, 32, on April 7.
The victims included a prominent South Carolina doctor Dr Robert Lesslie, his wife Barbara, and their two grandchildren, 9-year-old Adah and 5-year-old Noah.
One air conditioning technician, James Lewis, 38, was also killed in the attack. His colleague Robert Shook, 38, survived the initial attack but later died from his wounds in hospital.
Adams, who was reportedly being treated by Dr Lesslie for injuries sustained while playing football, later killed himself.
His brain is now being examined for possible degenerative disease that has been shown to cause violent mood swings and other cognitive disorders in some athletes and members of the military.
Six people, including a prominent local doctor, were shot dead by former NFL-player Phillip Adams, 32, on April 7
Orange, California, March 31
Four people, including a nine-year-old boy, were allegedly gunned down by Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez in an office complex in Orange, California on March 31.
The victims, who were all known to Gonzalez, were named as Luis Tovar, 50, Genevieve Raygoza, 28, Leticia Solis, and Matthew Farias, 9.
Farias reportedly died in the arms of his mother, Blanca Tamayo, who was critically wounded by survived the attack. His father later said Farias had died while trying to protect his mother.
Gonzalez, 44, from Fullerton, who arrived at the site in a rental car and had been living in a hotel, was wounded by police and was taken to hospital.
He was later charged with four counts of murder and one of attempted murder over the attack.
Four people, including a nine-year-old boy, were gunned down in an office complex in Orange, California on March 31
Boulder, Colorado, March 22
Ten people were shot dead in the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22.
Ahmad Alissa, 21, was arrested by police inside the supermarket after a brief shootout, where he was shot in the leg.
He had removed all clothing except shorts before being taken into custody but a rifle, a green tactical vest and a handgun were recovered inside the grocery store.
Alissa was remanded in custody by police and charged with ten counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
Friends and family say the shooter was a 'paranoid loner' who had never had a girlfriend and was bullied in school over his Syrian heritage.
His attorneys have claimed he was mentally ill at the time of the attack.
Ten people were shot dead by Ahamd Alissa, 21, in the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22
Atlanta, Georgia, March 16
Eight people were gunned down in a series of attacks on three Atlanta spas on March 16.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, allegedly carried out the shootings and then went on the run.
He was driving to Florida, allegedly to target porn-industry locations, when he was arrested by police who rammed his car off the road 150 miles south of Atlanta.
Six of the victims were Asian women and police said he carried out the massacre in retaliation for his sex addiction. Long was arrested and charged with eight counts of murder.
Eight people were gunned down by Richard Aaron Long, 21, in a series of attacks on three Atlanta spas on March 16
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