Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, has been charged with nine counts of murder in connection with an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, police said Friday.
ພາບຈາກ ເມືອງ Charleston ລັດ South Carolina
![Mourners comfort each other in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., two days after a shooting left nine dead.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5e1f5d8a-212d-4b06-a4d0-b1b4bf17e269_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Mourners comfort each other in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., two days after a shooting left nine dead.
![Nuns from the Daughters of St. Paul pray outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/129b9cdd-105a-42ad-a5f1-0bf7153843a4_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Nuns from the Daughters of St. Paul pray outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.
![South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley walks between television interviews outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8428b044-4105-4ad6-bdee-83ebd5ede18b_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley walks between television interviews outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.
![Flowers were placed outside the Charleston, S.C., church where a gunman killed nine worshipers June 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2188590a-b5a5-489c-be5b-4bac252b1841_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Flowers were placed outside the Charleston, S.C., church where a gunman killed nine worshipers June 17, 2015.