Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard traveled to Charleston, S.C., on Friday to attend a vigil honoring the memories of the nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church who were shot dead last Wednesday.
Police say that a white gunman was welcomed into a bible study at the historic Emanuel AME last Wednesday before making racist remarks and opening fire, beginning a massacre that shook the nation. Authorities arrested 21-year-old Dylann Roof on Thursday in connection with the shootings the next day. On Friday, he was charged with nine counts of murder.