Flag Half Staff notice - for victims of shooting at Fed Ex facility in Indiana
Until sunset April 20th
by Governor Mark Gordon media release
April 16, 2021
Governor Mark Gordon, pursuant to President Joe Biden's Proclamation in honor and remembrance of the victims of the tragedy in Indianapolis, Indiana has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide until sunset April 20.
The Presidential Proclamation follows:
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, April 20, 2021. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other Facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR
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Editor’s Note: On Thursday, April 15, a man opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing at least eight people and wounding at least five more. The gunman opened fire at the facility which is near the city’s airport. He died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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