Weisert was the oldest victim out of eight people who were killed Thursday evening when a gunman opened fire first outside of the facility in the parking lot, and then inside the building.
John « Steve » Weisert, a 74-year old victim of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, was planning to celebrate 50 years of marriage this fall. Weisert was the oldest victim out of eight people who were killed Thursday evening when a gunman opened fire first outside of the facility in the parking lot, and then inside the building. His wife, Mary Carol Weisert, said the couple was planning to celebrate five decades of marriage together later this year. She added that Weisert had been working at the FedEx facility for about four-and-a half years. « He’s just a package handler, a retired professional engineer, but after retirement he wanted to keep working. We had some things we needed to pay off, so he took this job, » Mary Carol Weisert told WTHR on Friday. Mary Carol Weisert told the news outlet that she knew something was wrong on Thursday evening when her husband wasn’t home on time. « They get paid on Thursday night. Usually the other days of the week, like Monday to Wednesday and Friday, he’s home maybe 11:30, but sometimes he’s later when they get the pay checks. So, not seeing him at 12:30,1 o’clock,1:30… I just panicked, » Weisert said. « I thought maybe he had an accident or run off the road or anything, cause he’s older.
