Scenes From Charleston’s Church Shooting (Photos)
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Photographs of the nine victims killed at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina are held up by congregants during a prayer vigil at the the Metropolitan AME Church June 19, 2015 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the suspect in the case, Dylan Storm Roof, was charged with nine counts of murder.
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Bystanders and mourners cast shadows on the walls and the makeshift memorial at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 18, 2015, a day after a mass shooting left nine dead during a bible study at the church.
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Ike Thompson of Charleston reacts during a prayer service for Wednesday's shooting victims held at the Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 18, 2015. A white man suspected of killing nine people in a Bible-study group at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina was arrested on Thursday and U.S. officials are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
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A capacity crowd fills the pews during a prayer service for Wednesday's shooting victims held at the Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 18, 2015. A white man suspected of killing nine people in a Bible-study group at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina was arrested on Thursday and U.S. officials are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
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John Strong (C), special agent in charge of the FBI in Charlotte, NC speaks to the media from the Shelby Police Station in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Police captured suspected killer Dylann Storm Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, who is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in an attack U.S. officials are investigating as a hate crime.
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Police lead suspected shooter Dylann Roof into the courthouse in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in an attack U.S. officials are investigating as a hate crime.
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Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham pays his respects outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 18, 2015, a day after a mass shooting left nine dead during a bible study at the church.
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People participate in a candle light vigil at Marion Square near the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 18, 2015. Police detained 21-year-old Dylann Roof, shown wearing the flags of defunct white supremacist regimes in pictures taken from social media, after nine churchgoers were shot dead during bible study on Wednesday.
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People view flowers on a road leading to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church the morning after a mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, June 18, 2015. A 21-year-old white gunman named Dylann Roof is accused of killing nine people at a historic African-American church.
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) wipes his eye as members of Congress congregate for a prayer circle honoring South Carolina shooting victims outside the U.S. Capitol. Authorities on Thursday arrested the 21-year-old white male suspect.
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks in reaction to the shooting deaths of nine people. Vice President Joe Biden listens at left.
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Flowers for the victims of Wednesday's shootings are laid near a police barricade in Charleston.
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department. Federal authorities plan to investigate the shooting as a hate crime, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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Police outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday night.
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A suspect, who police are searching for in connection with the shooting, is seen in a still image from CCTV footage released by the Charleston Police Department early Thursday.
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The car that police say they believe belongs to the suspect is shown on surveillance footage outside the church.
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Worshippers embrace following a group prayer across the street from the Emanuel AME crime scene on Wednesday night.
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Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from Emanuel AME early Thursday.
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A small prayer circle formed near where police are responding to the Emanuel AME mass shooting.
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People concerned about relatives seek information from police near the shooting scene.
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