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Despair shakes Charleston after church shooting; suspect arrested in NC

Patricia Mazzei - Miami Herald

June 18, 2015 11:36 AM

The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early Thursday, June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.
The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early Thursday, June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. AP
The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early Thursday, June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. AP

To commit the unholiest of sins in the holiest of places, the young man with the gun spent almost an hour praying with the people who would become his victims.

Then he opened fire.

Nine died. Three lived. One was injured. The man drove away in a black 2000 Hyundai Elantra GS, South Carolina tag LGF330.

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