Eight died at the scene in downtown Charleston, South Carolina; a ninth died at a hospital.
Authorities are calling the incident a hate crime.
The gunman is still at large, police say.
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)[Latest developments]
• The person who shot and killed nine people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was there for about an hour, attending a meeting with the eventual victims, before he began shooting, Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen said Thursday morning.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/
In South Carolina guns are banned in churches without the specific permission of a church official. End result is that few if any permit carriers would be carrying in church - no one would be able to stop the carnage. Victims were fish in a barrel - sad and totally unacceptable.
Authorities are calling the incident a hate crime.
The gunman is still at large, police say.
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)[Latest developments]
• The person who shot and killed nine people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was there for about an hour, attending a meeting with the eventual victims, before he began shooting, Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen said Thursday morning.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/
In South Carolina guns are banned in churches without the specific permission of a church official. End result is that few if any permit carriers would be carrying in church - no one would be able to stop the carnage. Victims were fish in a barrel - sad and totally unacceptable.
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