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Thursday, July 29, 2021 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 FedEx attack was ‘suicidal murder’ Police say shootings were not racially motivated By CASEY SMITH Associated Press and Report for America INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight peo - ple at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse in April acted alone and was not racially or ethnically motivated, authorities said Wednesday. Brandon Scott Hole, 19, used the April 15 attack as an act of “suicidal mur - der” and believed he would “demonstrate his masculinity and capabili - ty” while fulfilling a final The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney desire to experience killing people, Indianapo - lis police and federal Spider in action authorities said during a Teaching artist Allison Smiley helps 6-year-old Daxton Wellman of Portland bend wire to match his drawing of a spider news conference. during a “freestanding action figures” Arts in the Parks class this morning at Haynes Park in Portland. Smiley is a Ball State Eight employees, including four members University student studying drawing. Arts Place’s summer Arts in the Parks program will complete its 2021 session Friday. of the city’s Sikh commu - nity, were killed in the attack and five others were injured, police said. Police said Hole consid - ered other locations for Senate moving on infrastructure the shooting but chose the FedEx building because it By LISA MASCARO, part of Biden’s big infra - was familiar to him. He KEVIN FREKING structure agenda. Swelling also believed the site and ALAN FRAM to more than 700 pages, the would give him access to a Associated Press bill includes $550 billion in large number of vulnera - WASHINGTON — The Bipartisan group has agreed new spending for public ble victims. Senate has voted to begin works projects. Paul Keenan, special work on a nearly $1 trillion on the major provisions of In all, 17 Republican sen - agent in charge of the national infrastructure ators joined the Democrats FBI’s Indianapolis field plan, acting with sudden a $1 trillon spending package in voting to launch the office, declined to disclose speed after weeks of fits debate, but most remained other potential targets. and starts once the White skeptical. The GOP sena - “He knew the location House and a bipartisan tors were given a thick well,” Keenan said. “He group of senators agreed again transform America ing support from both par - announced the bipartisan binder of briefing materi - knew there would be a on major provisions of the and propel us into the ties. group’s agreement on the als during a private lunch, large group of people package that’s key to Presi - future.” The outcome will set the $1 trillion package earlier but they asked many ques - there that he would con - dent Joe Biden’s agenda. After weeks of stop-and- stage for the next debate Wednesday at the Capitol, tions and wanted more sider targets.” Biden welcomed the go negotiations, the rare over Biden’s much more flanked by four other details. Hole had suicidal accord as one that would bipartisan showing on a 67- ambitious $3.5 trillion Republican senators who According to a 57-page thoughts “almost daily” show America can “do big 32 vote to start formal Sen - spending package, a strict - had been in talks with GOP summary obtained by in the months prior to the things.” It includes the ate consideration showed ly partisan pursuit of far- Democrats and the White The Associated Press, the attack and attempted sui - most significant long-term the high interest among reaching programs and House. five-year spending package cide on “more than one investments in nearly a senators in the infrastruc - services including child After voting, Portman would be paid for by tap - occasion,” Keenan said. century, he said, on par ture package. But it’s care, tax breaks and health said the outcome showed ping $205 billion in Although Hole had strug - with building the unclear if enough Republi - care that touch almost that bipartisanship in unspent COVID-19 relief gled with mental health transcontinental railroad cans will eventually join every corner of American Washington can work and aid and $53 billion in stressors “throughout his or the Interstate highway Democrats to support final life. Republicans strongly he believed GOP support unemployment insurance life,” he had no previous - system. passage. oppose that bill, which would only grow. “That’s aid some states have halt - ly diagnosed mental ill - “This deal signals to the Senate rules require 60 would require a simple pretty darn good for a ed. It also relies on eco - ness, and he did not share world that our democracy votes in the evenly split 50- majority, and may try to start,” he said. nomic growth to bring in his plans for the FedEx can function,” Biden said 50 chamber to proceed for stop both. That group had labored $56 billion, and other meas - shooting with family or ahead of the vote Wednes - consideration and ulti - Lead GOP negotiator with the White House to ures. friends. day night. “We will once mately pass this bill, mean - Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio salvage the deal, a first See Infrastructure page 7 See Attack page 2 Passion project By BAILEY CLINE The Commercial Review Janice McGalliard started her non-profit organization in Portland with one goal in mind: New facility seeks to help to help children be their best self. children with educational Be Your Best –– Always Be Evolving opened its doors to the and behavioral skills public about two months ago. The brightly colored establish - ment located at 112 E. Main St. offers services individualized to they need and developing a plan and depression; working to confi - meet a child’s needs. to teach them those things.” dence and self-esteem; and transi - “I kind of call it my passion The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline Her services for children ages 5 tion planning for children near - project, honestly, it’s been in my through 18 include teaching ing adulthood. head for a while,” explained co- social, organizational, education - “We’re trying to fill a void that Janice McGalliard opened Be Your Best — Always owner Janice McGalliard. “It al or work skills; creating positive we think is in Jay County,” said Be Evolving in downtown Portland as an educational just kind of takes a holistic behavior plans to reach behav - Brian McGalliard, Be Your Best resource for children. A ribbon cutting for the new business approach, looking at each kid ioral goals; teaching coping skills co-owner and Janice’s husband. was held Wednesday morning. individually and seeing what for dealing with anxiety, trauma See Project page 2 Deaths Weather In review Coming up Jay County had a high tem - perature of 86 degrees Friday — Photo story from David Haworth , 79, Berne Wednesday. The low was 64. The Jay Circuit Court trial band camp with the Jay Coun - Joan Bosshart , 89, Thunderstorms started that was scheduled to begin ty Marching Patriots. Noblesville about 6 a.m. today, and more Monday has ben canceled. Rebecca Noveroske , 80, rain is possible tonight. The Jurors will not need to report Tuesday — Coverage of Sparks, Nevada low will be 62. Expect a high of for jury duty. Monday’s Portland City Coun - Details on page 2. 76 Friday under sunny skies. cil meeting. See page 2 for an extended outlook. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Indiana Thursday, July 29, 2021 Attack ... Continued from page 1 sites” on Hole’s computer after by a bias or desire to advance an enforcement for months for an “It is important to recognize Hole was able to legally pur - the teen asked officers to cut the ideology. investigation into the shooter’s that bias can be a factor in addi - chase the two rifles used in the power to his computer, according “It was an extremely small per - motive, emphasizing concern tion to these other issues,” Kaur shooting, even after his mother to a police probable cause narra - centage … but there were some that Hole chose a place known said in a statement Wednesday. called police to say her son might tive from the incident. mainly German military and for hiring people of color. “Though law enforcement has undertake “suicide by cop.” Keenan said Wednesday an Nazi things, but there was no Sikh Coalition Legal Director said this investigation is over, Police seized a pump-action investigation by the FBI’s Behav - indication that there was any Amrith Kaur said that while “it’s for all the families who lost shotgun from Hole, then 18, in ioral Analysis Unit determined animosity towards the Sikh com - impossible” to know Hole’s loved ones, the survivors, the March 2020 after they received that Hole was viewing “World munity, or any other group for thinking, she was disappointed Sikh community, and anyone the call from his mother. One of War II, Nazi-like propaganda” on that matter,” Keenan said. police did not release additional else impacted by hate violence, the responding officers also wit - the computer, but he did not Members of the Indianapolis details about how they ruled out these questions will remain for - nessed “white supremist web - appear to have been motivated Sikh community pressed law bias as a possible motive. ever.” CR almanac Obituaries David Haworth day, Aug. 1, 2021, and one hour prior passed away on July 19, 2021, at 80 to the 10:30 a.m. service at the years of age. Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Nov. 12, 1941-July 27, 2021 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2 8/3 funeral home.