A candlelight vigil for the six people killed after a gunman opened fire at a birthday party in eastern Colorado Springs is scheduled for Thursday.

Organization Mothers of Murdered Youth will hold the event from 6 to 8 p.m. at the entrance Canterbury Mobile Home Park, 3020 S. Powers Blvd, Jennifer Romero, the organization’s founder, said.

Romero said the vigil would be a time for the community to gather, pray and talk. She requested those who attend the vigil bring their own candle to ensure there is an ample supply for all attendees.

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The vigil will honor the victims, all members of an extended family:

Joana Cruz, 52

Jose Gutierrez, 21

Melvin Perez, 30

Mayra Ibarra De Perez, 33

Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28

Jose Ibarra, 26

Police said the shooting — the deadliest in the city’s history — was an act of domestic violence. 

During a news conference Tuesday, police identified the shooter, Teodoro Macias of Colorado Springs, as a boyfriend to one of the victims boyfriend who was angry after he wasn’t invited to a family gathering Sunday night. He arrived at the home and began shooting, killing six people before turning the gun on himself. 

Also, the Colorado Healing Fund is now accepting donations to support the shooting’s victims.

Donations will be distributed through the fund’s community partners to victims, including the Colorado Organizations of Victim Assistance, according to the nonprofit’s website.

“This is the second time the Colorado Healing Fund has been activated in less than two months, which is heartbreaking and hard to comprehend,” Jordan Finegan, the executive director, said in a statement. “While we will continue to respond to the Boulder Supermarket Tragedy, we are also officially collecting donations designation to support the victims, and the impacted community of Sunday’s tragic events.”

The organization’s Board of Trustees has flexibility to authorize funding for a range of victim needs, to support short-term transportation needs such as a plane ticket or rental car, or long-term mental health services, according to its website.

The nonprofit organization was formed in 2018, with the help of a $1 million grant from the Attorney General’s office. Its roots lie with a group of victim assistance advocates who had been involved with many mass casualty events like the Aurora theater shooting.

Jessica Snouwaert contributed to this report.