CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A librarian and recent college graduate are among the nine people killed by a white gunman in a black church in downtown Charleston.
State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, the pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Church, had already been identified as one of those killed.
Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten said Thursday the others have been identified as Cynthia Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Sharonda Singleton; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; the Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr.; and DePayne Doctor.
Sanders had recently graduated from Allen University. Hurd worked for Charleston County’s library system for 31 years. Doctor was an enrollment counselor at Southern Wesleyan University’s Charleston Campus, according to a friend.
Decent, god-fearing folks just going about their day. Can’t wait to hear how Megyn Kelly explains none of them were “saints”.
We are just broken.
May the peace that passes understanding rest upon these slain, their familys, and friends.
May the truth of understanding about our persisting racism and gun violence rest upon every other living American.
I am so sorry that there are white sh*ts who do not have the intelligence nor the morals to appreciate those who are more ethical and more intelligent than the POS that they are.
White folks need a weapon to make themselves feel equal…
Photos of the victims here: