The killer sat with them for an hour before shooting them.
Via NYDN:
They were a diverse group drawn together by their Christian faith — ministers and mothers, a revered politician and a recent college grad.
The nine victims killed in the Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre represented a wide cross-section of the historic South Carolina city of Charleston.
They were young and old, ranging in age from 26 to 87. There was a high school speech therapist and a librarian, a young barber and a longtime state senator.
These are their stories: