LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered United States and Michigan flags to be lowered to half-staff after Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

In accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, Whitmer ordered on Monday that all U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and all public buildings and grounds across Michigan to be lowered to honor and remember the victims of the shooting at The Covenant School.

The Covenant School is an elementary school in Nashville. On Monday, a shooter killed three children and three adults.

“Once again, we mourn for a community impacted by gun violence,” Whitmer said in a press release. “Just over a month after a shooting on a campus at (Michigan State University), an elementary school in Tennessee is now the site of more senseless carnage. We must hold this community close and commit to pursuing common-sense action that saves lives. Michiganders stand with Tennesseans through this tragedy.”

Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday.