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April 18, 2021
More than 200 attended a vigil Saturday to call for change, with members of the Sikh community standing alongside city officials.
SHOW TRANSCRIPT We go everywhere, Maninder Walia said. We re all one family so if tragedy has occurred in a particular side of town we re all together.
Shock waves through the tight-knit Sikh community in Indianapolis reeling from losing four members in last week s mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
More than 200 people attended a vigil at a park there Saturday evening, where a representative from the Sikh Coalition joined the city s mayor to call for change in gun laws and remember those killed in the shooting.
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Show Transcript CITY AND STATE LEADERS. COURTIS: OUT OF THE EIGHT TO LIVES LOST IN THE SHOOTING, FOUR WERE FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS SIKH COMMUNITY. MOLLIE OFFERING SUPPORT AND COMFORT TO THOSE FAMILIES IN MORNING. HELENA BATTIPAGLIA JOINS US. HELENA: THE SIKH COMMUNITY HERE FEELING A LOT OF PAIN AFTER THE TRAGIC INCIDENTS. ONE PERSON WITH THE FAMILIES TONIGHT, HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD. AASEES: YOU DON’T GO TO WORK THINKING YOU MIGHT NEVER COME BACK. HELENA: STILL PROCESSING A TRAGEDY THAT BEGAN AND ENDED IN A MINUTE, FOR A RELIGION ROOTED IN ONENESS, THE ABRUPT KILLINGS OF FOUR OF THEIR OWN, DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND. WHAT HAPPENS HAS A HUGE IMPACT AND A LOT OF RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SIKH COMMUNITY. HELENA: CONSOLING THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE SHOOTIN