Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - Pinckney bụkwa okenye pastọ na Mother Emanuel A.M.E. na Charleston. N'afọ 2015, onye na-akwado oke agbụrụ ọcha bụ Dylann Roof gburu Pinckney n'ọgba aghara agbụrụ nke ndị na-eyi ọha egwu
n'otu mgbede ha na-amụ Bible na chọọchị ya. Onyeisiala Barack Obama kwuru okwu olili ozu ma bụrụ abụ "Amazing Grace" n'olili ozu Pinckney ụbọchị itoolu ka e mesịrị.