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Country star Jason Aldean said he was praying for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings, saying his “heart aches”.
He also issued a rallying cry for Americans to come together.
The singer wrote something has “changed” in the world, making it “the kind of place I am afraid to raise my children in”.
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“At the end of the day we aren’t Democrats or Republicans, whites or blacks, men or women.
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“We are all humans and we are all Americans and it’s time to start acting like it and stand together as one!”
Aldean was onstage on Sunday when a gunman shot at a crowded music festival.
“My heart aches for the victims and their families of this senseless act,” Aldean wrote on Instagram, adding: “Time to come together and stop the hate!”