In a quiet, somber voice, Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten today revealed the identities of the nine victims killed by Dylann Roof in the Charleston, South Carolina shooting last night:
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It is with great sadness that we bring the names of the deceased to you here:
Rev. Clementa Pinckney was just 41, and also a South Carolina state senator.
Slain Mother Emanuel AME pastor was an ‘all-around good guy’ #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/wEiC9nobiF pic.twitter.com/2vfTAhFQa2
— The Root (@TheRoot) June 18, 2015
Cynthia Hurd, 54, was a librarian for the Charleston County Public Library for 30 years.
Cynthia Hurd was a librarian at the Charleston County Public Library. http://t.co/IBJVsioimL pic.twitter.com/xrU336zThS
— Katie Zavadski (@katiezavadski) June 18, 2015
Twenty-six-year-old Tywanza Sanders was a recent graduate of Allen University in Columbia, and worked in a barber shop. He died while trying to save a family member.
This is Tywanza Sanders.He liked broadcasting.
He died trying to save someone else.
Say his name#CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/J1PLvRjsyu— Meg ✨ (@sassylibrarian1) June 18, 2015
Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was a 45-year-old mother of three, a reverend, and a popular high school girl’s track coach.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/611585525527511040
Myra Thompson was 59 and the wife of Rev. Anthony Thompson, a vicar at Holy Trinity REC.
SHE HAS A NAME: Myra Thompson, killed last night at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. She was teaching bible study. pic.twitter.com/NlqoNfjPP2
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 19, 2015
Seventy-year-old Ethel Lee Lance, a sexton, worked at the church for over thirty years.
SHE HAS A NAME: Ethel Lee Lance, worked at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston for 30 years. She was killed last night. pic.twitter.com/7OHjsnhD8f
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015
Daniel L. Simmons, 74, was a ministerial staff member at the church.
Dr. Daniel L. Simmons, Sr. #AMEshooting pic.twitter.com/XmDUGUGmsg
— proJect (@journalproject) June 18, 2015
A mother of four daughters, Rev. Depayne Middleton, 49, sung in the church choir.
SHE HAS A NAME; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, a mother of four daughters, singer in church choir was killed at AME. pic.twitter.com/YoqNF1yiOD
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015
Eighty-seven-year-old Susie Jackson was a longtime member of the church.
SHE HAS A NAME: Susie Jackson, a longtime church member was killed at AME Church last night. pic.twitter.com/oUL7n1DGBw
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015
The Victory Girls hope and pray that the community of Charleston can find peace in the difficult days to come. Our hearts are with you. May the souls of your fallen rest in peace.
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