Photos: As Jefferson Avenue reopens, a community continues to mourn
The community around the Tops on Jefferson Avenue watched as the crime tape was removed to reopen the street. They then came together in prayer and support to remember the 10 people killed on Saturday.
Officer Anthony Dagostino removes crime tape crossing Jefferson Avenue at Laurel Street. The street reopened just after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Kelly Wells who lives in the neighborhood cries out in pain as she grieves with Curtis Hawkins and the Rev. Tim Newkirk, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Once the crime tape was removed around Tops, the community on Thursday was able to approach a memorial with the names and photos of each of the victims killed in the shooting on Saturday.
Curtis Hawkins and his wife, Chantaye, grieve at a memorial outside Tops, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
The community mourns in front of Tops.
A memorial honors Roberta Drury, one of 10 people killed in Saturday's racist massacre at Tops.
A memorial honors Ruth Whitfield, one of 10 people killed in Saturday's racist massacre at Tops.
A memorial honors Aaron Salter, one of 10 people killed in the racist massacre at Tops.
Visitors to the memorial on Jefferson Avenue pay their respects.
A couple stand silently as they pay their respects at the memorials on Jefferson Avenue.
There are memorials across the street from Tops on Landon Street that grow daily.
A woman takes care of one of the memorials across the Street from Tops, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
People take comfort as a booth across the street from Tops plays gospel music and pray, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
People take comfort as gospel music begins to play from a nearby booth, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Solar Ingram, who calls herself the community's daughter, prays and worships along with the music.
This is one of the many memorials outside Tops, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
One of the many memorials outside Tops, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Once the crime tape was removed around Tops, the community was able to approach the memorial with the names and photos of each of the victims killed in the shooting on Saturday.
Dave Grahm of Fredericktown, Ohio, has been in town for four days to comfort those who are grieving, Thursday, May 19, 2022. He says he wants show love during this difficult time.
A man and child walk away after paying their respects at the many memorials across the street from Tops on Jefferson Avenue that grow daily, Thursday, May 19, 2022.
"It's so hurtful to see something like this, to know that this could have been any one of us on any day of the week in this community, in this grocery store," Janae Baker said of the effects of the crime that authorities called "pure evil" committed by a white supremacist.