Ka kammala wannan jumla: Pinckney kuma babban fasto ne a Mother Emanuel A.M.E. a Charleston. A shekara ta 2015, an kashe Pinckney da fararen fata mai suna Dylann Roof a
wani dan ta'adda mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ya harbi wani malamin Littafi Mai Tsarki da yamma a cocinsa. Shugaba Barack Obama ya ba da jawabin jana'izar kuma ya rera "Amazing Grace" a jana'izar Pinckney kwana tara bayan haka.