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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSource: Multiple fatalities in shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Charleston SC
-- The suspect in the shooting is a clean-shaven white man in his 20s, with a slender build, police say
-- Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call 911 dispatchers
Several people were killed in a shooting at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, a source close to the investigation told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/index.html
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)......CNN and USA today both said 8 fatalities before retracting.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)...now covering this shooting.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)During the Vesey controversy, the AME church was burned. Worship services continued after the church was rebuilt until 1834 when all-black churches were outlawed. The congregation subsequently met in secret until 1865 when it was formally reorganized, and the name Emanuel was adopted
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I heard via someone there he might have been, was supposed to have been. I'm very concerned for his well being at the moment.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I'm holding on to that as a thread of hope.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I don't want thsi to be true. He's a bright light and he has a lot of life and work left ahead of him.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)At all.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I met him once at an event 12 or 13 years ago, but I don't live there like my relatives who know him well.
This is a dark and sad day for many people if this is true. Which I'm hearing is what's being said there now.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Folks being moved from there as we speak.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)to local hospitals.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)UPDATE: Charleston Rep. Peter McCoy says 9 people are dead inside Emanuel AME Church. Police haven't confirmed.
https://twitter.com/JRBerryWLTX
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)spanone
(135,958 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)With Chief of Police and Mayor
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)joshcryer
(62,287 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)this one. nt.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Thinking that EMS, PD switched to another non public channel.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)confirmed at Press Conference
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)This jerkoff was shooting to kill, and it would point to him having some training. What a waste of life.
Spazito
(50,649 posts)I hope they catch the murderer very soon.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)White male
~21 years of age
Sandy-blonde hair
Extremely dangerous
(The hair detail is new)
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,798 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Editorial: I wish he wasn't. I think local leadership does better in these moments.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)beginning. There is a local chapter.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)they mentioned offering a reward in the morning.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,798 posts)I ask because this is who MSNBC says the police are seeking.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)But it may have tightened the age since last I checked?
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)caused trouble with this church, threatened it's membership or written horrible LTEs or something similar.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)...he may have shared things about himself, like his age?
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,798 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)My prayers are with the victim's families. I hope that this murderer is apprehended without further violence.