Holding fresh flowers, a community gathered Wednesday on the steps of Bronx Borough Hall to stand and mourn in solidarity with the family of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols just hours after his funeral in Memphis.

“We lift up the family of our beloved brother, Tyre Nichols, a father, a brother, a son. He was our brother, our neighbor, whether in Memphis or right here in the Bronx,” said Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.

Gibson’s office hosted the interfaith vigil, calling out the violence seen in videos released by Memphis authorities Friday but also violence seen regularly in communities here in the city — including a Bronx teen attacked Tuesday.

“We have been down this road before. We have seen far too many videos of our people assaulted, brutalized, disrespected and killed at the hands of police violence, street violence, and gun violence,” said Gibson.

“There’s a 16-year-old right now in the hospital who was a victim of a stabbing just yesterday walking home from school,” she continued.

Hindu community organizer Bharati Kemraj was one of several religious leaders who attended. She said the vigil represented the diversity of the city and belief among leaders gathered that there’s power in community prayer.

“We all stood here because it was a common goal of really talking about our family is hurting because of violence because of guns because of people, because of so many different factors within the community,” said Kemraj.

Holding candles and singing side by side, many in the group said they realize the real work is needed long after vigils like this are over.

“With violence against young people against our Black and brown community, where we go from here is really coming together and talking about the problems that we’re having the issues at hand and working towards finding solutions,” said Kemraj.

Gibson said the Nichols case and violence among youth should be taken as a call to action for work that communities still need.

“The way we drown that out, yes, is with love, but also with programs and resources like jobs and after-school programs and community centers and rec centers. They give young people a chance to turn their statistics into success stories,” said Gibson.