Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, has been charged with nine counts of murder in connection with an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, police said Friday.
Charleston, South Carolina, Church Shooting - June 19, 2015
![Mourners comfort each other in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., two days after a shooting left nine dead.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5E1F5D8A-212D-4B06-A4D0-B1B4BF17E269_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Mourners comfort each other in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., two days after a shooting left nine dead.
![Nuns from the Daughters of St. Paul pray outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/129B9CDD-105A-42AD-A5F1-0BF7153843A4_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Nuns from the Daughters of St. Paul pray outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.
![South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley walks between television interviews outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8428B044-4105-4AD6-BDEE-83EBD5EDE18B_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley walks between television interviews outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015.
![Flowers were placed outside the Charleston, S.C., church where a gunman killed nine worshipers June 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2188590A-B5A5-489C-BE5B-4BAC252B1841_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Flowers were placed outside the Charleston, S.C., church where a gunman killed nine worshipers June 17, 2015.