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(Multnomah County)

The Morrison Bridge will be lit in rainbow colors starting Monday evening in honor of the people killed in Sunday's shooting in Orlando.

Multnomah County, which operates the bridge over the Willamette River, announced the plan Monday on Twitter:

The Morrison Bridge will be lit in rainbow colors starting tonight to honor the victims of the Orlando shooting. — MultCo Bridges (@MultCoBridges) June 13, 2016

Forty-nine people were killed when an American-born man who had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire with an assault rifle in a gay nightclub. The shooting is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. The shooter was also killed in a firefight with police.

The bridge was previously lit in rainbow colors last year, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was a right under the Constitution. It was already scheduled to be lit for Portland Pride weekend June 17-19.

The rainbow flag was also flying at half-staff outside Portland City Hall on Monday. The Moda Center was lit in a rotating series of rainbow colors Sunday night in a show of support for the victims.

-- Elliot Njus

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