In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, members of the Sikh community are turning to one another for solace. In the past week, vigils have been held, and prayer services and funeral preparations are underway. For the victims’ families, offers of legal and financial assistance have poured in from Sikhs across the U.S.
“Everybody’s just reaching out, and people that we don’t even know are reaching out,” says Gurinder Johal, stepping out of a temple in the nearby neighborhood of Acton after a prayer service for his mother, Amarjeet, who was killed in the shooting.
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About 150 people stood outside Beech Grove’s City Hall building at 7 p.m. to attend a prayer vigil organized by the city of Beech Grove and the Mayor’s Faith-Based Roundtable.
At the end of a series of speeches and prayers, Pastor Dan Bailey invited people to take a small plastic light from the cardboard box at the top of City Hall steps as a symbol of hope.
“Shine the light, chase away the darkness, go into our community and set this city on fire with a light from above that the darkness must flee,” he said.
Earlier in the day, another crowd of about 200 people gathered at Monument Circle for a different vigil. Those attending the downtown vigil were asked to bring flowers, pictures and candles.