Apr 22, 2021 / 11:49 PM EST
GREENWOOD, Ind (WISH) City officials joined the Sikh community on Thursday night to honor the eight people killed in the April 15 FedEx shooting with a vigil at the Surina Square Park Amphitheater.
A week ago, the eight people went to work and never returned home. Now, the focus is healing.
Many Sikh people said Thursday that they don’t look at the FedEx shooting as a hate crime, but some do. Even those who don’t still feel unwanted.
“We’re the fifth-largest religion in the world yet no one here really knows about us. Our religion isn’t taught in the school system. Some of these young kids look at us as Muslim and, after 9/11, we face that. No matter what you are, if you’re a Sikh, Muslim, Jew, Christian, it doesn’t matter. We are all human,” said Sundeep Singh.
FedEx Mass Shooting Victims Honored At Greenwood Vigil
GREENWOOD, Ind. Members of the Greenwood Sikh Community and representatives from the City of Greenwood came together Thursday to honor the victims of the FedEx mass shooting.
The vigil was held at the Surina Square Park Amphitheater. Members of the Sikh community took the time to learn each victim’s name, and even read a small story about who all eight of them were. Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers and Police Chief James Ison also spoke at the vigil.
Of the eight victims, half of them were Sikh. Sundeep Singh told WISH-TV that while many Sikh people don’t see the shooting as a hate crime, some still do.