White Man kills 9 at Black Church

• The white gunman opened fire at the historic Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina killing nine people
• He let one woman escape so she could tell the world what happened while a child survived by playing dead
• Charleston Police say the gunman is still at large and released CCTV images of him to try to track him down
• Police chief Gregory Mullen confirmed there were nine fatalities at the church in the city's downtown
• Mullen also said he believes the shooting was a hate crime, he said there are survivors but has not given a number
• Among the dead is Rev. Clementa Pinckney, pastor of the church and a South Car

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Police have released CCTV images of a white gunman who killed nine people in a race-hate crime at an African American church in South Carolina and warned he is extremely dangerous. The suspect opened fire at a weekly bible study group at the 150-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston but spared one women so she could tell the world what happened, according to eye witnesses. More... The suspect was pictured leaving the church in a black four door sedan which has a distinctive license plate, and police and believe he is still in the Charleston area Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire and killed nine people Wednesday night during a prayer meeting at a historic African American church in downtown Charleston, S.C. in one of the worst attacks on a place of worship in recent memory. At least one other person was injured in the assault, which police described as a “hate crime.” More...

Official: SC Senator Clementa Pinckney among 9 dead in Charleston church shooting

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - South Carolina Senator Clementa C. Pinckney is among the nine people who were shot and killed inside a downtown Charleston church late Wednesday night, according to local civil rights activist Elder James Johnson. Charleston Police confirm nine people were killed after shots were fired during a prayer meeting inside Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street. The shooting occurred around 9:05 p.m. More..

Pastor, 8 others, fatally shot at church in Charleston, SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people, including the pastor, in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. The shooter remained at large Thursday morning. Police Chief Greg Mullen said he believed the attack at the Emanuel AME Church was a hate crime, and police were looking for a white male in his early 20s. Mullen said the scene was chaotic when police arrived, and the officers thought they had the suspect tracked with a police dog, but he got away. More...