Charleston Shooting Victims Identified

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten has identified the nine victims following Wednesday night’s chuirch shooting. They are: – Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41. Pinckney was the pastor of the church and a South Carolina state senator. – Cynthia Hurd, 54. Hurd was the branch manager for St. Andrews Regional Library, which will be renamed after her. – Suzie Jackson, 87. – Ethel Lance, 70. – Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49. – Tywanza Sanders, 26. – Rev. Daniel Simmons, 74. Simmons died at the hospital. – Sharonda Singleton, 45. – Myra Thompson, 59. Family members who were briefed by chaplains at a nearby hotel said that a 5-year-old child was in the church at the time of the shooting and survived by playing dead.