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Flags lowered in memory of Indianapolis shooting victims

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BOISE, Idaho (KIFI)-Governor Brad Little has ordered that Idaho will join the United States in lowering the flag to half-staff on public buildings through sunset, April 20.

The action is in memory of the people killed in Indianapolis, Indiana Thursday. 

Here is the Presidential proclamation:

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:     HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   A PROCLAMATION   As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, April 20, 2021. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.    JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
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