Hoboken, Jersey City Mourn For Orlando Shooting Victims, Host Vigils

Hudson County, NJ – Community members in Hudson County will gather on Tuesday night for a vigil in mourning of the shooting victims of a tragic massacre in Orlando, Florida.

Jersey City LGBT community leaders will hold a candlelight vigil Tuesday night to mourn the victims of the Orlando attack, city officials announced in a news release.

The vigil will take place at the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza (adjacent to Grove Street PATH station) at 8 p.m.

Hoboken will also host a vigil on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:15 p.m. on the steps of Hoboken City Hall. 

Mayor Dawn Zimmer and City Council members will join the vigil which will include the Rev. Gregory Morgan of All Saints Episcopal Parish, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg of United Synagogue of Hoboken, members of the LGBT community and other community leaders, a city news release stated.

Hoboken officials expressed sympathy for the victims via a social media post.

The mass shooting at the Orlando gay nightclub is being described as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

The shooting took place at Pulse Orlando Night Club & Ultra Lounge, where about 350 people were dancing and drinking.

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Sunday's death toll far surpassed an attack at Virginia Tech in 2007, where 33 were killed, as well as high-profile attacks at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2013, where 28 died, and a mass shooting that killed 14 in San Bernardino, Calif., last December.

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