Public records show that the gunman behind the FedEx massacre was legally able to obtain two rifles – even after carrying another gun last year – because he never had a competency hearing.
Under indiana The so-called “red flag law” Officers are believed to seek court intervention when they confiscate the guns and assume that a person will be threatened to return them in order to keep the guns out of the wrong hands.
The measure is also known as “Jake Laird’s Law” in memory of an Indianapolis cop who was killed after a mentally ill man returned his guns.
But Brandon Hole – the 19-year-old behind a bloodbath at the FedEx facility on Thursday, which he used to work in Indianapolis – apparently was not the subject of such a hearing, even though he was involved in a weapons case amid mental issues by the FBI. Last year, according to records.
Indianapolis officials told The Post on Sunday that they are investigating the situation.
A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said, “We are looking into the matter and will be in touch with more information as soon as possible.”
On March 3, 2020, Hole snatched a brand-new firearm from her, when her mother called 911, stating that she had expressed her desire to commit suicide by police, Indie Star reported.
A police record for the incident states that police seized a firearm from a “dangerous person” and that Hole was immediately taken into custody for mental-health arrest, the report states.
Under the state’s “red flag law”, police are required to file an affidavit with the court when a firearm is taken, to explain that the person was dangerous, according to the instructions Issued by Indiana State Police.
The gun owner has the right to be heard 14 days after the seizure if they wish to contest their case.
After a hearing, if the court decides that the person is dangerous, law enforcement is allowed to possess a firearm and the gun owner’s license is suspended and he is no longer legally capable of firing a gun, according to police.
If the court does not discover probable cause, the firearms must be returned within five days.
Police said Hole’s gun was never returned to him, although there are no public court records to go before the judge between March 3 and the shooting last year. Officials said Hole went to buy two rifles legally.
It is unclear whether the police ever filed an affidavit with the court such as they are required to do or if Holey was ever scheduled for a competent hearing.
The COVID-19 epidemic was just beginning to disrupt the judicial process when she queued for one.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Randall Taylor Told the New York Times It appears as if the authorities did not do a hole deem concerning the “red flag law”, even though he was called a dangerous person in the police report.
The chief said that he was unsure whether Kishore ever held a hearing or how his department held his gun.
“I don’t know how we organized on this,” Taylor told the outlet.
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