Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen told reporters that an unidentified 21-year-old white male walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday night during a weekly scheduled prayer meeting and began shooting.
9 Dead in Shooting at Historic Black Church in Charleston
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- By VOA News
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Gary and Aurelia Washington, center left and right, the son and granddaughter of Ethel Lance who died in Wednesday's shooting, leave a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church comforted by fellow family members, June 18, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Rosie Frederick wipes her eyes after saying a prayer, June 18, 2015 at a make-shift memorial near the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.
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Antonee Martin, left, and her mother Latrechia Jackson, right, visit the memorial site set up in front of the Emanuel AME Church, June 18, 2015 in Charleston, S.C.
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Aurelia Washington cries as she talks about her grandmother Ethel Lance who died in Wednesday's shooting, as she leaves a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church, June 18, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
