Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff at Minnesota state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Monday to honor the eight people fatally shot Tuesday in Georgia.
Walz orders flags lowered to half-staff to honor Georgia shooting victims
![On March 18, 2021 at Levin Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, organizer Anthea Yur gathered Asian women in a circle and read their signs as they gathered in solidarity with the six Asian women killed in Atlanta.] RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII ¥ richard.tsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LGKVNFRJPJAH25XYBTK2ETFG3M.jpg?&w=712)
"Tuesday's shooting in Atlanta targeting the Asian-Pacific Islander community was heartbreaking and abhorrent," the governor said in a prepared statement. "Tragically, it was not an isolated event. It follows an unacceptable rise in discrimination and racism targeting our Asian-Pacific Islander communities. We mourn the loss of the victims and stand in solidarity with Asian-Pacific communities during these difficult times."
A 21-year-old white man has been charged with killing eight people, most of them Asian American women, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. The massacre, which came after a year of racist attacks on Asian Americans, has been marked with vigils and protests nationwide.
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