Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen told reporters that an unidentified 21-year-old white male walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church during a weekly scheduled prayer meeting and began shooting.
9 ຄົນ ຖືກຍິງ ເສຍຊີວິດ ຢູ່ໂບດ ເມືອງ Charleston
![Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015, following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a2bcf9a3-265a-4c6a-95b6-be284a3ceb7f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015, following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.
![Lisa Doctor joins a prayer circle down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/989c5130-09f9-421e-9dfd-ecd7e7762fc3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lisa Doctor joins a prayer circle down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015.
![Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1a556aa5-ec69-41d7-9e6b-4d73c5edf91a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
![Police respond to a shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b235cb64-d639-4edc-8cd4-b8ba0aff1102_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police respond to a shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 17, 2015.