Flags fly at half-staff after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
WEST HAWAII TODAY
The U.S. and Hawaii flags fly at half-staff at the Kailua Fire Station on Hawaii island in May. Gov. David Ige has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff today following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.
United States and Hawaii state flags at the state Capitol, state offices and Hawaii National Guard facilities are being flown at half-staff today after mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, that took place just one day apart.
The Texas shooting happened Saturday in a shopping district, when a 21-year-old man killed 20 people. The gunman was arrested.
The Ohio shooting occurred early this morning, when a gunman killed nine people and injured at least 16 others. Responding police officers shot and killed the gunman.
Gov. David Ige gave the order to fly the flags at half-staff until sunset at the direction of the President of the United States, according to a release.
“We cannot become desensitized as we experience more of these horrible and senseless tragedies in communities across our country,” Ige said. “Each death is a heartbreaking loss, and each person wounded will need our support.”
The shootings are the 21st and 22nd mass killings in the U.S. this year, and come one week after a 19-year-old killed three and injured 13 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California. The suspect in that incident died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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