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Sharonda A. Coleman-Singleton was 45 when she was killed during a bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening of June 17, 2015. A young white man, later identified as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, had been welcomed into the gathering; after about an hour he produced a .45-caliber handgun and opened fire. Coleman-Singleton was one of nine parishioners who died in the attack, which targeted the historic Black church and its congregation.

Roof was arrested the next day in Shelby, North Carolina, after a citizen recognized his vehicle and notified authorities. He later admitted racist motivations for the attack. Federal charges for hate crimes resulting in death and state murder charges followed; a jury found him guilty in federal court and imposed a death sentence, and he pleaded guilty in state court and received nine consecutive life sentences without parole.

If anyone knew Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, her work as a pastor, speech pathologist, or high school track coach, or was at Emanuel that night, please share what can help keep her memory alive or assist ongoing inquiries.