Thursday, June 18, 2015

White gunman who shot dead NINE people in mass 'race-hate' shooting at historic black church in South Carolina SPARED one woman to spread news of massacre

                  Manhunt: A huge manhunt ensued with officers wearing bullet-proof vests and carrying guns; the gunman was still at large at 2am
A gunman who opened fire killing nine people in a race-hate crime at an African American church in South Carolina let one woman escape so she could tell the world what happened, according to eyewitnesses. 
A five-year-old girl also survived by playing dead after the suspect, a white man in his twenties, stormed a weekly bible study group at the 150-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston and opened fire on the room.
Eight of the victims died at the scene, and one later in a hospital.  At least one injured person is being treated in a hospital. Rev. Clementa Pinckney, pastor of the church and South Carolina state senator, is among the dead and his sister has also reportedly been shot. see more photo after the cut...

      
     Killed: A gunman opened fire at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday night, killing nine people, and reports say a bomb threat was called in just hours later 
     Victims: Mullen said there are a number of victims, some have been moved to a hospital (here, Lisa Doctor joins a prayer circle down the street from the church'
     Police investigators stand outside the Emanuel AME Church after a gunman opened fire killing nine people at a bible study group 
     Tragedy: Local residents and church members embraced and consoled one another in the hours following the incident, the police chief described the incident as a 'senseless, unfathomable' tragedy 
     The city of Charleston is now on lockdown as a huge manhunt to find the killer was launched with officers carrying weapons and bullet-proof vests
     Prayer Circle: Here, a group of several men are seen standing in a circle in front of a hotel near the church for an impromptu prayer service 
      Heartbreaking: Hillary Clinton tweeted to her millions of followers that news of the shooting was 'heartbreaking' and her 'thoughts and prayers' are with Charleston 

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