H/T: SooperMexican
I have been glued to Twitter and trying to absorb the tragedy taking place tonight in my home state of South Carolina. Nine people are dead tonight having lost their lives when a white male in his 20's opened fire at a Bible study in Charleston's Mother Emanual A.M.E.Church on Calhoun St. The police chief and mayor have called the shooting a hate crime and are asking for prayers and any tips on the perpetrator of this evil.
#AME Church in #Charleston is the oldest Black congregation in the South. Predates Civil War. pic.twitter.com/grG6eTvZsT
— Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) June 18, 2015
Newscasters and officials are being cautious with releasing information on victims, but many are tweeting that State Senator and Pastor of Mother Emanual A.M.E. Church Reverend Clementa Pinckney was killed in the attack.
Rev. Clementa Pinckney was just 41. Pastor, state Senator, and he was killed in his own church. #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/GWflNYYZwP
— britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) June 18, 2015
Other heartbreaking witness details are also being randomly tweeted:
The gunman participated in prayer meeting before the shooting. Wow
— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnRTV6) June 18, 2015
A woman told me a 5-year-old girl was in the church and hid from the shooter. Not confirmed by police. Woman said she was covered in blood.
— Matt Alba (@mattalbaWCBD) June 18, 2015
My dad, Rev W A Sinkfield, just spoke with his pastor friend in Charleston who reported an update from a surviving victim. Use w/caution (1)
— Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) June 18, 2015
Apparently tonight was quarterly conference at Emanuel. Presiding elder had just left and pastor then started bible study (2)
— Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) June 18, 2015
Shooter entered and said he was going to kill everyone but 1 person. A grandmother covered her grandchild and played dead (3)
— Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) June 18, 2015
Shooter then attacked all congregants. Grandmother and child only ones who got away. She called my dad's friend, who called him. (4)
— Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) June 18, 2015
These details from an eyewitness just in:
NAACP: Survivor told family gathered at nearby hotel that gunman sat down in church for bit, then stood, opened fire. #CharlestonShooting
— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) June 18, 2015
Local NAACP official: Gunman told survivor he'd let her live so she could tell everyone else what happened. #CharlestonShooting
— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) June 18, 2015
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