Reuters: Manhunt follows attack on historic black South Carolina church
Police in Charleston, South Carolina, were searching for a white gunman on Thursday who killed nine people in a historic African-American church, in an attack that police and the city's mayor described as a hate crime.
The shooter, a 21-year-old white man with sandy blond hair, sat with churchgoers inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for about an hour on Wednesday before opening fire, Police Chief Gregory Mullen said.
The victims included Reverend Clementa Pinckney, the church's pastor and a Democratic member of the state Senate, his cousin and fellow state senator, Kent Williams, told CNN.
Update: Live updates: Nine killed in shooting at church in Charleston -- Washington Post
WNU Editor: This blog is no stranger to covering the sufferings that wars and conflicts cause .... but stories like this one .... sighhh .... when I woke up this morning and this is the first thing that I read .... it just breaks your heart. My prayers are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones last night.
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