Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard traveled to Charleston, S.C., on Friday to attend a vigil honoring the memories of the nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church who were shot dead last Wednesday. Police say that a white gunman was welcomed into a bible study at the historic Emanuel AME last Wednesday before making racist remarks and opening fire, beginning a massacre that shook the nation . Authorities arrested 21-year-old Dylann Roof on Thursday in connection with the shootings the next day. On Friday, he was charged with nine counts of murder. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] "Pray for Charleston," Howard wrote. "Pray for our nation. Pray for peace. #breatheagain" At the vigil, Howard met with family members of two of the victims of last week's attack: the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, a pastor at Emanuel AME, and Myra Thompson, who worked as part of the church's property committee. Howard spoke about what motivated him to travel to Charleston during an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow on Sunday: "Well, there were a series of events that had happened throughout the year, and I wanted to be there so bad,"...