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>> anthony: her late grandfather, walter green jr., was a former military man, an employee of rca, and a bodyguard for the great boxer, jersey joe walcott. >> tawanda: he was just, like, the protector, you know? if you need anything, you go to mister dynamite. that was his nickname. >> anthony: he was also a man who believed in being part of the community. when tawanda was 15, she was asked to lead a local drill team. unfortunately it soon lost its funding. walter purchased 80 uniforms and three...

Have a chance. in order to be a part of the program you have to maintain a c average or better. >> anthony: right. >> tawanda: its all about the academics. its all about nurturing these kids. whats right? whats wrong? you know? the drill team does that. they have different sayings that they go by every day. "its a start without a finish." "it is possible." >> group: it is never impossible. if i can believe that i can achieve what is possible is possible is possible. >> tawanda: and they believe ...

Really in need, you know, i feel, um, it makes me feel complete. >> anthony: her late grandfather, walter green jr., was a former military man, an employee of rca, and a bodyguard for the great boxer, jersey joe walcott. >> tawanda: he was just, like, the protector, you know? if you need anything you go to mister dynamite. that was his nickname. >> anthony: he was also a man who believed in being part of the community. when tawanda was 15, she was asked to lead a local drill team. unfortunately ...

Leaves camden then we never have a chance. in order to be a part of the program you have to maintain a c average or better. >> anthony: right. >> tawanda: its all about the academics. its all about nurturing these kids. whats right? whats wrong? you know? the drill team does that. they have different sayings that they go by every day. "its a start without a finish." "it is possible." >> group: it is never impossible. if i can believe that i can achieve what is possible is possible is possible. >...

Leaves camden then we never have a chance. in order to be a part of the program you have to maintain a c average or better. >> anthony: right. >> tawanda: its all about the academics. its all about nurturing these kids. whats right? whats wrong? you know? the drill team does that. they have different sayings that they go by every day. "its a start without a finish." "it is possible." >> group: it is never impossible. if i can believe that i can achieve what is possible is possible is possible. >...

Grandfather, walter green jr., was a former military man, an employee of rca, and a bodyguard for the great boxer, jersey joe walcott. >> tawanda: he was just, like, the protector, you know? if you need anything you go to mister dynamite. that was his nickname. >> anthony: he was also a man who believed in being part of the community. when tawanda was 15, she was asked to lead a local drill team. unfortunately it soon lost its funding. walter purchased 80 uniforms and three drums to give them a ...

Wisdom seems to be its time to get out of camden. why are you still here? >> tawanda: because the need is in camden. if every decent person in camden leaves camden, then we never have a chance. in order to be a part of the program you have to maintain a c average or better. >> anthony: right. >> tawanda: its all about the academics. its all about nurturing these kids. whats right? whats wrong? you know? the drill team does that. they have different sayings that they go by every day. "its a start...

Really in need, you know, i feel, um, it makes me feel complete. >> anthony: her late grandfather, walter green jr., was a former military man, an employee of rca, and a bodyguard for the great boxer, jersey joe walcott. >> tawanda: he was just, like, the protector, you know? if you need anything, you go to mister dynamite. that was his nickname. >> anthony: he was also a man who believed in being part of the community. when tawanda was 15, she was asked to lead a local drill team. unfortunately...

Gunned down we learned that a lot of these people were in the prime of their lives and lives cut short. haley krueger one of those, learning from her mom charlene this was a vibrant 16-year-old, looking forward to trying out for the drill team next year and a nurse in the nicu at the hospital she loved babies. on this day on sunday she was at the church helping with breakfast and she was there on her own. cen robert and shani. he they were from michigan and moved to texas part of the praise team...

Among the victims, the grandmother of the gunmans wife. alison kosik is with me now. she has much more on -- just tell me about the lives this community lost. >> reporter: yeah, whats interesting is we sit and we talk about the numbers of the deceased and their ages, but once we put pictures and names to those numbers, it truly begins to be just so heartbreaking. let me start off with ironically the shooters wifes grandmother was killed in the church. she was -- she frequently volunteered at the...