We gathered. We vigiled. We prayed.

About 60 people gathered on the north steps of Hartford’s State Capitol (the side facing Bushnell Park) in bitter cold to pray, sing, and stand vigil over the murders of three University of North Carolina students — Muslims all — Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19. A …