Pittsburgh native T.J. McConnell called his family to make sure they were ok. It was the first thing he thought to do after hearing about the tragedy that struck his hometown over the weekend.
Eleven people were killed and six others, including four law enforcement officers, were wounded when a gunman stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday and began shooting.
The Sixers guard said he had some friends from home visiting Philadelphia and they talked about the shooting that night, but noted that little could be said that felt productive.