Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Pinckney bụkwa onyeisi ndị ụkọchukwu na Mother Emanuel A.M.E. na Charleston. N'afọ 2015, onye na-akwado oke agbụrụ ọcha bụ Dylann Roof gburu Pinckney na
otu onye na-eyi ọha egwu nke na-agba égbè n'ihi ịkpa ókè agbụrụ n'oge ọmụmụ Bible nke mgbede na chọọchị ya. Onyeisiala Barack Obama kwuru okwu olili ozu ma bụrụ abụ "Amazing Grace" n'olili ozu Pinckney ụbọchị itoolu ka e mesịrị.