June 29, 2015: At a South Carolina church the funeral for the victim whose husband offered forgiveness to the suspect in the deadly shootings will be held Monday at the church where the attack took place.
On June 17Â Fifty-nine-year-old Myra Thompson was one of nine people gunned down during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
All nine of the victims in the shooting were black and police contend the attack was racially motivated.
During a court appearance last week, Thompson’s widower, Anthony Thompson, told the 21-year-old suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, that his family offered their forgiveness.
Thompson’s funeral Monday follows services for four other victims held at Emanuel AME this weekend that brought political and religious leaders in addition to friends and family.
