8 trees honoring FedEx shooting victims planted at Indy park

INDIANAPOLIS — The Sikh Coalition paid tribute on Saturday to the victims of the FedEx Mass taking pictures in Indianapolis that occurred simply over a yr in the past. 

The group sponsored eight bushes to be planted in the course of the Nice Indy Cleanup, with the eight bushes representing the eight individuals who have been fatally shot throughout a shift change on the FedEx Floor facility close to the Indianapolis Worldwide Airport on April 15, 2021. 

The Nice Indy Cleanup kicked off with a 30-minute program that includes native religion leaders from the Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, All Souls Unitarian Church and Nur-Allah Islamic Middle.

Occasion organizers stated the FedEx mass taking pictures victims is not going to be forgotten. 

“Once we come collectively and plant bushes collectively it is one thing that can be an enduring legacy for many years to come back. So it’s a manner of actually paying a long-lasting tribute that folks will all the time be capable of come by and acknowledge,” stated Jeremy Kranowitz, the president and CEO of Preserve Indianapolis Stunning. 

The eight bushes have been amongst greater than 100 bushes planted at Arsenal Park on the north aspect of Indianapolis in the course of the occasion.