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Images: Modesto-area residents stand vigil for Charleston

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Ibrahim Kamara, left, and Charlene Snyder pray with members of local congregations who gathered for a vigil at First Christian Methodist Episcopal church in Modesto on Sunday in memory of the people killed at the Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina.
Ibrahim Kamara, left, and Charlene Snyder pray with members of local congregations who gathered for a vigil at First Christian Methodist Episcopal church in Modesto on Sunday in memory of the people killed at the Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com

A vigil Sunday in west Modesto honored the nine people who were shot to death in an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., last week. First Christian Methodist Episcopal Church hosted the gathering, which also drew members of College Avenue Congregational Church, Central Baptist Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County and Clinton Chapel. Participants recited the names of the victims and released balloons in their memory.

This story was originally published June 21, 2015 at 6:57 PM with the headline "Images: Modesto-area residents stand vigil for Charleston."

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