SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A vigil was held outside a Sioux Falls homeless shelter where a man was recently beaten to death.

Organizer Jean Bhatti says the gathering outside the Union Gospel Mission Monday night was held to take back the site where 61-year-old Robert Allen Petersen was killed Oct. 30. Police say he was repeatedly struck with a chair and died from severe head trauma.

The Argus Leader reports a Minnehaha County grand jury has charged 31-year-old Daniel Obed Murillo one count of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree manslaughter in Petersen's death.

Bhatti says each death must be recognized. She says if you don't, the violence will escalate.

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