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Biden Orders US Flags Lowered For California Shooting Victims

Biden directed that flags be lowered until sunset on January 26 "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence.


US President Joe Biden addresses a press conference at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
File photo of US President Joe Biden. Credit: Brendan Smialowski / AFP

 

President Joe Biden on Sunday ordered all US flags at public buildings to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

Biden directed that flags be lowered until sunset on January 26 “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on January 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, California,” a White House statement said.