HUNDREDS OF ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF LAST WEEK’S CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING. NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THAT SHOOTING, ALLEGEDLY GUNNED DOWN BY 21 YEAR OLD SUSPECT DYLANN ROOF, WHO IS IN CUSTODY.
ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SUNDAY, SINGING AND HOLDING HANDS. SUNDAY’S CROWD WAS A SHOW OF DIVERSITY AS WELL AS ONE OF SOLIDARITY. IT INCLUDED BLACKS, WHITES, NATIVE AMERICANS, LATINOS AND ASIANS.
ANOTHER VIGIL IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH, AT GRANT CHAPEL AME CHURCH IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 3PM.
