Empire State building to go dark in honor of Florida shooting victims

The Empire State Building will go dark Wednesday night to honor the victims of last week’s deadly shooting at a Florida high school.

The building will not be illuminated as brightly as it normally is and its spire will display a rotating “orange halo” to honor the victims of the shooting, according to the building’s website.

The display will be similar to how the building was lit following the deadly mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival in October.

Tonight our lights darken for the victims & those affected by the Las Vegas attack, w/an orange halo effect shining a light on gun violence. pic.twitter.com/96gpsrQDaD

— Empire State Bldg (@EmpireStateBldg) October 2, 2017

The building has previously gone dark to honor those killed in a terror attack in New York City in November.

{mosads}Seventeen people were killed in the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last week.

Survivors of the shooting have called for stricter gun control legislation following the attack, and high school students across the country have staged walkouts to demand action from legislatures.

President Trump expressed his condolences for those affected by the shooting and said he would “tackle the difficult issue of mental health.” He also announced Tuesday he had directed the Department of Justice to propose regulations to ban bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic guns to be modified to shoot hundreds of rounds per minute.