FEDEX GUNMAN OBTAINED RIFLES LEGALLY

The young gunman who killed eight workers at an Indianapolis Fedex facility before taking his own life legally bought the two semiautomatic rifles he used during last week’s massacre months after he had been in psychiatric detention, police said.

A trace by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives turned up the two legal purchases last July and September by Brandon Hole, 19, a former employee at the facility, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday.

The purchases were made a few months after Hole was briefly placed under psychiatric detention in March and a shotgun was seized from his home when his mother contacted law enforcement to report he might try to commit “suicide by cop,” according to the FBI.

Police are still investigating what motivated Hole to open fire.