FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS - DIRECTOR'S AM NEWS BRIEFING MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 5:00 AM EDT Police Say Indianapolis Gunman Legally Bought Guns Used In Shooting. The AP (4/18, Smith) reports police have revealed Brandon Scott Hole, 19, the former employee "who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis," had legally bought the two rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent such purchases." The AP adds the police "did not say where Hole bought what they described as 'assault rifles,' citing the ongoing investigation, but said he was seen using both rifles during the shooting: Reuters (4/18) reports 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." The Washington Post (4/17, Komfield, Bella, 10.52M) reports the gunman "who fatally shot eight people at a FedEx plant Thursday used two legally purchased assault rifles, police said Saturday, raising new questions as many call for tighter restrictions on powerful firearms and more safeguards on who can own them' The Post adds police "said the shooter, a former employee at the facility, bought rifles legally last July and September — months after his mother said she feared her son would attempt 'suicide by cop.' That led authorities to question Brandon Hole, temporarily detain him for mental health reasons and seize his shotgun. The gun was not returned, officials say." The New York Times (4/18, Robertson, Watkins, Martinez, 20.6M) reports Hole's case "appeared, at first, to be exactly the kind of situation" that "so-called red flag laws, which allow the authorities to temporarily take away guns from people declared by a judge to be too unstable to have them: are "designed to address: but 'while many details are still unclear, Mr. Hole's case is a sobering exampl