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
![Church member and Charleston District Six council member William Gregorie speaks to the media, July 19, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/C8707790-9486-423B-B9FD-D8A1C2E54BBE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Church member and Charleston District Six council member William Gregorie speaks to the media, July 19, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)
![An investigator arrives at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church two days after a mass shooting left nine dead during a Bible study at the church in Charleston, S.C., June 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F1A18A15-1995-4ED0-8DEB-B8ED08D47CBE_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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An investigator arrives at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church two days after a mass shooting left nine dead during a Bible study at the church in Charleston, S.C., June 19, 2015.