Mourners gathered in Noonan Park in Sunnyside, to bring attention to what they say is often-overlooked violence against Sikhs and other Asian Americans.
It comes one day after the Sikh Cultural Society of Richmond Hill held a candlelight vigil for the victims.
Queens Sikh community mourns victims of FfedEx shooting
Four of the eight victims in last Thursday's shooting were Sikh Americans.
Meanwhile, the former employee who carried out the shooting never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana's 'red flag' law.
Authorities seized a pump-action shotgun from Brandon Scott Hole in March of 2020 after his mom told police he might commit "suicide by cop."
Police ID gunman, 8 victims in Indianapolis FedEx shooting
However, a local prosecutor says they chose not to invoke the red flag law because if they lost, they'd have had to return the gun to him, and they didn't want to take that risk.
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