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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Vigils have been held across Michigan to honor the victims of a weekend massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Students, faculty and staff at Lawrence Technological University held a vigil Monday on the school's Southfield campus, north of Detroit. A gathering and prayer service also was held at St. Aloysius Church in Detroit.
Authorities say 29-year-old Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded dozens of others early Sunday morning at Pulse Orlando. Mateen was slain by a SWAT team.
Later Sunday, dozens of candlelit paper bags decorated the steps of Michigan's state Capitol in Lansing as more than 100 people gathered.
The Ann Arbor News reports that a special community performance of Mozart's Requiem will be held Tuesday night at the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium.
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