By Associated Press - Monday, August 5, 2019

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has directed all U.S. and state flags at state agencies and buildings to fly at half-staff in honor of the victims of weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio.

The Democrat said Monday that flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on Thursday.

Twenty people were killed in a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping center on Saturday.

Nine more people were killed in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday night.

Raimondo in a statement said she is “heartbroken” by the shootings.

She called for changing gun laws and said “It is long past time to take action against gun violence.”

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