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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The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early Thursday, June 18, 2015.
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A passing motorist looks out her window as she stops at an intersection down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.