In accordance with the recent presidential order lowering all U.S. flags to half-staff, Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday ordered all state flags on all commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds to fly at half-staff immediately out of respect for the victims of the shooting in Highland Park, Ill., on Monday.

“My prayers are with the victims, their families and the entire Highland Park community,” Wolf said. “​It breaks my heart every time another community is victimized by mass gun violence. We cannot accept gun violence as inevitable in America. We should be able to have holiday parades without gun violence and fear.”

In accordance with the president’s and governor’s orders, the U.S. and commonwealth flags shall be lowered to half-staff until sunset Saturday.

All Pennsylvanians are invited to participate in this tribute.