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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 start. >> woman: move! >> group: our deepest fear is not that we're angry. our deepest fear is how p...

Wisdom seems to be it's 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: it's all about the academics. it's all about nurturing these kids. what's right? what's wrong? you know? the drill team does that. they have different sayings that they go by every day. "it's a start without a finish." "it is possible." >> group: it is never impossible. if i can believe that ...

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 it soon lost its funding. walter purchased 80 uniforms and three drums to give them a start. >> wom...

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 at first baptist. robert served in the air force 30 years, he was the val decker to yan of his clas...

Among the victims, the grandmother of the gunman's wife. alison kosik is with me now. she has much more on -- just tell me about the lives this community lost. >> reporter: yeah, what's 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 shooter's wife's grandmother was killed in the church. she was -- she frequently volunteered at the church and there is a -- she's got a niece who wrote on her facebook page, i have no doubt wher...