Beech Grove city officials, faith leaders, and residents gathered Saturday to mark the anniversary of the worst mass shooting in Indianapolis.

Five family members of victims killed in a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility last year filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging the attack was preventable.

The city of Indianapolis effectively denied a request for over $2 million in compensation made by three members of the Sikh community affected by a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility last April.

Law enforcement says there is no evidence a gunman was motived by racial or ethnic bias, or sought to advance an ideology when he shot and killed eight people at the FedEx Ground facility near Indianapolis on April 15.

After many mass violence incidents, there is often the speculation that the perpetrator has a mental illness, but research suggests that the link is weaker than publicly perceived. And this repeated association leaves millions of Americans suffering from social backlash.

Gov. Eric Holcomb opened the event, highlighting the contributions of Sikh Hoosiers to Indiana's fight against COVID-19 including handmade masks donated early in the pandemic.

The event, expected to draw thousands, comes two weeks after a former FedEx employee fatally shot the eight people, including four members of Indianapolis' Sikh community.

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears is facing mounting criticism for declining to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the guns used to shoot and kill eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.

A Sikh civil rights organization called on law enforcement Tuesday to investigate whether a former FedEx employee who fatally shot eight people -- four of them Sikhs -- at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week had any ties to hate groups.

The head of Indiana's Senate Democratic caucus called on legislative leaders to work together to help prevent gun violence after Thursday night's mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility.