Vigils planned in D.C., Silver Spring for Sikh victims
Posted: 08/08/2012
Several vigils will be held in our area Wednesday night to remember the victims in the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin.
There will be one outside the White House from 6 to 9 p.m.
The other one will be held at the Sikh temple in Silver Spring at 8 p.m.
More than a dozen lawmakers and the Montgomery County Police Chief will at the candlelight vigil in Silver Spring.
For the third straight night, mourners in Wisconsin held a vigil for the six victims in Sunday's shooting.
Police have yet to identify a motive but say the suspected gunman Wade Michael Page may have had ties to white supremacist groups.
A wake and visitation for the victims are scheduled for Friday morning.
The Sikh community is calling for a national moment of silence on Sunday. It's asking people to mark observances at their churches, mosques, synagogues and other places of worship.
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