Sign in NuLu neighborhood near the scene of the shooting. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)
LOUISVILLE — Louisville will have the chance to gather for a community vigil at the Muhammad Ali Center Wednesday and grieve following a mass shooting Monday.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said the vigil is a chance “to help the people of our community, of our great city come together and deal with this outbreak of tragedies – to grieve, to pray, to unite.”
The announcement came after police say a gunman killed five people and injured others at his place of employment, Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, on Monday morning. Four people are still hospitalized after being injured in the shooting.
“This vigil will be to acknowledge the wounds, physical and emotional, that gun violence leaves behind,” said Greenberg. “It will be an interfaith opportunity for our entire community to come together to grieve, to heal, to begin to move forward.”
Additionally, the city will make available grief counselors and mental health professionals through its Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods.
A list of locations where people can go to talk to those counselors will be published Tuesday afternoon, Greenberg said, at www.louisvilleky.gov/government/safe-neighborhoods.
You can also call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 988 or the Disaster Distress Hotline at 1-800-985-5990.
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