A diverse and peaceful crowd gathered Saturday night for a candlelight vigil to show solidarity with the families of those who died in the Charleston, S.C. shooting Wednesday. Approximately 100 people attended the event, held in Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa, listening to speakers talk about the problem of ongoing racism — the motivation of Wednesday's killings in a black church — and what needs to be done to solve it.
On June 17th nine people were killed while attending a Bible class at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Dylann Storm Roof, a 21-year-old white male, has been arrested and accused of the shooting, to which he has confessed.
The vigil lasted a little over an hour, ending around 9 p.m. with the attendees singing "We Shall Overcome" and "Amazing Grace."