Sikhs and Companions of Harvard hosted a vigil Sunday night to honor the victims of the recent mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis, in which four of the eight victims of the attack were Sikh.
Eighteen other organizations from both Harvard and Wellesley College cosponsored the vigil, and more than 90 people attended virtually.
Though the organizers acknowledged officials have yet to determine whether the attack was a hate crime, they said it was nonetheless important to honor the lives lost.
âWe demand the police investigate the role of bias,â SACH member Tarina K. Ahuja â24 said at the start of the vigil. âBut meanwhile, we don t need a hate crime classification in order to grieve with the families, the Sikh community.â