Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)— A white
man walked into a historic African-American
church in Charleston, South Carolina, and
opened fire during a Bible study class, killing
nine people Wednesday evening.
The suspect was still at large early Thursday
morning. And the shooting at the Emanuel
African Methodist Episcopal Church, the
oldest AME church in the South, is being
investigated as a hate crime.
"The only reason someone would walk into a
church and shoot people that were praying is
hate," said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
Eight churchgoers died at the scene; a ninth
at a hospital, police said.
Officials wouldn't say how many people were
at the Bible study during the shooting. There
were survivors, said Charleston Police Chief
Greg Mullen, but he didn't elaborate.
Every Wednesday evening, the church holds a
Bible study in its basement.
The shooting was "obviously the most
intolerable and unbelievable act possible,"
the mayor said.
"People in prayer Wednesday evening. A
ritual, a coming together, praying, worshiping
God. An awful person come in and shoot
them is inexplicable," Riley said.
Police received the first call around 9:05 p.m.
Officers arrived to find several victims inside.
"It's really bad. It's a very bad scene," local
pastor Thomas Dixon said.
Search on for suspect
Police said the suspect in the shooting is a
clean-shaven white man in his 20s, with a
slender build and sandy blonde hair . He was
wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and
boots.
Soon afterward, news cameras showed
officers taking a man matching that
description into custody, but he was later
released.
Police said they were still looking for the
shooter.
"He obviously is extremely dangerous," Chief
Mullen said. "We will put all our resources,
we will put all of our energy in finding this
individual."
The department asked anyone with
information to call 911 dispatchers.
"While we do not yet know all of the details,
we do know that we'll never understand what
motivates anyone to enter one of our places
of worship and take the life of another,"
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said.
Mullen was more direct: "I do believe this was
a hate crime."
'Sick to our stomachs'
The church sits in an area of Charleston,
densely packed with houses of worship and
well-preserved old buildings.
The city, as several reverends pointed out, is
known as the "Holy City" for its tolerant
attitude toward different denominations.
Early Thursday morning, residents stood in
circles, hands clasped and heads bowed, as
they prayed.
"Like everybody out here, we're sick to our
stomachs that this could happen in a
church," Rep. Dave Mack, a friend of the
church's pastor, said.
They called for justice, but also for calm
heads.
Theirs is a strong community, they said, and
this incident wouldn't tear them apart.



Source http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/

don't forget to add your source, otherwise....

Source...@op...White man on white wet weed...They will bury the case as usual.

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Source...@op...White man on white wet weed...They will bury the case as usual.

That's y I ve to re edit the post just have ccn report it around 5;am Cox na so them dey spoil our own image too..

Sickening that's what you get when weapons are legalised and sold to all kinds of nut cases

The evils that men do, lives after men.
An individual who takes the life of another individual, without a feeling of remorse is a HEARTLESS! Animal.
Jungle justice must prevail.

Insecure white Americans inciting aggression at everyone as always; draw Mohammed contests to antagonize Muslims and their police departments continued racism. Pigs will always be brave when clinching a gun. black people need to stop acting surprised at the quality of their cultural bullshît. Nothing has changed, probably never will.


I hope there's no protest or marching, but instead this event will serve to remind black people that they need Panthers who police themselves