Six women and three men were killed when the white suspect, Dylann Roof, opened fired in the historic black church of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina.
The suspect was in the church for about hour before opening fire
The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime. “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that it is hate crime,” Police Chief Greg Mullen told a news conference without elaborating.
Eight people were dead when police arrived on the scene, following an emergency call on Wednesday evening just after 9pm local time. A ninth person died later in hospital.One of those killed has been named as Clementa Pinckney, Emanuel church’s pastor and a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate. He had campaigned for police to wear body cameras. The police said they did not know if anyone was specifically targeted in the killing
Three people survived the attack, police said. There are unconfirmed reports that the suspect allowed one of the survivors to leave the church so she could report what happened.
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