Politics & Government

Tuesday Vigil for Orlando Shooting Victims Planned at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza (Updated)

City politician Letitia James will attend the event, along with LGBT, Muslim and Hispanic activists.

  • Pictured: mourners at a vigil outside NYC's Stonewall Inn on Sunday. Photo by John V. Santore

Update: On Tuesday, the office of Letitia James released the following list of vigil participants:

  • Gay Men of African Descent
  • Muslim Community Network
  • SAA Voice
  • Women of ASAAL
  • Brooklyn Public Library
  • Janazah Project
  • Anti-Violence Project
  • Latino Pride Center
  • Queens Pride House
  • The LGBT Center
  • Brooklyn Pride Center
  • Brooklyn Pride

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — A Tuesday night vigil is planned at Grand Army Plaza at the north end of Prospect Park, in honor of the more than 100 victims of Sunday's shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub.

The vigil will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, who serves in a sort of "watchdog" seat on the New York City Council, will be in attendance. According to James' office, vigil leaders will also include members of the Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center.

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Activists from Muslim and Hispanic rights organizations — and groups dedicated to stopping gun violence — are also reportedly planning to attend.

A Sunday evening vigil outside The Stonewall Inn in the West Village drew hundreds of mourners. Another on Monday drew thousands.

By Monday morning, one Brooklyn man, Enrique Rios, 25, had been identified among those killed in the attack. And later in the day, Brooklyn native Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, a mother of 11, was also counted among the dead.

Join @NYCPA in #WeAreOrlando vigil at Grand Army Plaza tomorrow 6/14. Standing together #LoveWins#LoveTrumpsHate pic.twitter.com/zSg3SP9FSP
— Jesse Hamilton (@SenatorHamilton) June 13, 2016

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