Alleged killer Dylann Roof
At least nine people were killed by a young white man in the oldest black African Methodist Episcopal church in the South.
The dead included the pastor.
The Post Courier said they were shot inside the oldest African American Methodist Episcopal Church in the South. One arrest was reported but apparently the individual was later released.
No information was immediately released on the weapon or weapons used. Police searched overnight for the killer, identified as 21-year-old Dylann Roof.
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Mayor Joe Riley said: “We’re still gathering information so it’s not the time yet for details,” he said. “I will say that this is an unspeakable and heartbreaking tragedy in this most historic church, an evil and hateful person took the lives of citizens who had come to worship and pray together.”
Riley promised to “bring this awful person to justice as soon as humanely possible”.
Gov. Nikki Haley told the media her family was praying “for the victims and families touched by tonight’s senseless tragedy.”
Police Chief Gregory Mullen told Reuters the shooting occurred Wednesday night.
Mullen said: “It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives."
Riley told the Atlanta Journal Constitution: "It is the most dastardly act that one could possibly imagine, and we will bring that person to justice. ... This is one hateful person."
Wikipedia said: "The Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the American South and houses the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore, Maryland.
"It is associated with the slave uprising of Denmark Vesey, who was one of the church's founders. After Vesey's uprising was suppressed and its organizers were executed, the original church was burned. The current building was constructed in 1891.[1]The Post Courier said they were shot inside the oldest African American Methodist Episcopal Church in the South. One arrest was reported but apparently the individual was later released.
The suspect was described as a young white male. No information was immediately released on the weapon or weapons used.
Police searched overnight for the killer.
Mayor Joe Riley said: “We’re still gathering information so it’s not the time yet for details,” he said. “I will say that this is an unspeakable and heartbreaking tragedy in this most historic church, an evil and hateful person took the lives of citizens who had come to worship and pray together.”
Riley promised to “bring this awful person to justice as soon as humanely possible”.
Gov. Nikki Haley told the media her family was praying “for the victims and families touched by tonight’s senseless tragedy.”
Police Chief Gregory Mullen told Reuters the shooting occurred Wednesday night.
Mullen said: “It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives."
Riley told the Atlanta Journal Constitution: "It is the most dastardly act that one could possibly imagine, and we will bring that person to justice. ... This is one hateful person."
Wikipedia said: "The Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the American South and houses the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore, Maryland.
"It is associated with the slave uprising of Denmark Vesey, who was one of the church's founders. After Vesey's uprising was suppressed and its organizers were executed, the original church was burned. The current building was constructed in 1891.[1]
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