Chapman honors the 49 victims slain in Orlando

Chapman University in Orange held a public vigil Tuesday evening honoring the 49 people killed June 12 in the massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Speakers at the event, held in the university’s Fish Interfaith Center, included KiNG, a slam poet and activist; Landyn Pan, a Chapman student and activist; and faculty members Ahmed Younis and Kris de Pedro, according to the school. It was sponsored in part by Chapman University’s Office of Church Relations and Queer Student Alliance.

Omar Mateen carried out the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history last Sunday, entering Pulse around 2 a.m. with a semi-automatic assault-style rifle and a pistol. In addition to the 49 people killed, 53 others were injured.