Gunman kills 9 in attack on historic black church in Charleston

Reuters


CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) A white gunman was still at large after killing nine people during a prayer service at an historic African-American church, the city’s police chief said on Thursday (June 18), describing the attack as a hate crime.

Officers with dogs searched the streets for the suspect, whom police described as a 21-year-old white man with sandy blond hair, after gunfire erupted inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night (June 17), Police Chief Gregory Mullen said.

The gunman had yet to be caught hours later and was considered extremely dangerous, he said.

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