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Residents Come Together To Remember Pittsburgh Victims [Watch]

Members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Muslim faiths prayed in solidarity and remembered the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh shooting.

WAYNE, NJ — They came together in one building. People of various faiths: Christians, Hindus, Muslims, and Jews. They came together in unity. They came together to remember.

Hundreds of people gathered at Shomrei Torah Monday night for an interfaith prayer service in memory of the 11 victims of Saturday's massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Various speakers from local houses of worship spoke, prayed, and lit 11 candles in remembrance of the victims. Mayor Chris Vergano and Freeholder John Bartlett also spoke and lit candles.

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