Police were searching a home on the east side of Indianapolis, near 10th St., and I-465, Friday, to try to find out more about Brandon Hole, 19, the man who police say drove up to the FedEx ground facility near the Indianapolis International Airport, and killed eight people, wounded others, and then shot himself fatally Thursday night.

“FedEx officials have confirmed that Mr. Hole was a former employee at the facility and he was last employed in 2020,” said Indianapolis Metro Police Deputy Chief Craig McCartt, at a Friday afternoon press conference.

Hole had at least one scrape with the law. An IMPD report says a gun was seized a little over one year ago, during a mental health check, at the same residence where police were searching Friday.

The search is meant to provide clues to tell police why Hole did what he did.

“We’ve recently identified him. So, now the work really begins, trying to establish that and figure some motive in this. But, we don’t have that right now,” said McCartt.

A statement from the FBI said McCartt’s mother had contacted the agency, worried because her son had told her he wanted to commit suicide by cop.

McCartt did not know whether Hole had been fired from the facility.

What is also still not being made public is what kind of gun Hole used in the killings, which some witnesses described as a “sub-machine gun”.

“It was a rifle. Specifically I don’t know what make and model,” said McCartt.

The work of identifying all of the people who had been shot and killed, was still going on Friday.

“We’re still identifying victims, so we still don’t have that information. After everyone is identified, then we’ll certainly start working to see if there’s anything that ties them together, ties them to the suspect, anything like that.”