Manhunt at South carolina, a "horrible scoundrel" opened fire in an historic African-American church in downtown Charleston, killing nine, including the prominent pastor and state senator, during a regular prayer meeting in South carolina America. Police immediately branded the shooting spree, which began just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, a hate crime, and released surveillance images of a white man fleeing the scene at 180-year-old Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after the horrific incident, which left six women and three men dead in the church meeting. A spokesman said the suspect entered the church and sat in a pew for up to an hour after the regular prayer meeting had begun, before opening fire at 9:06 p.m."This is a tragedy that no community should have to experience, "It is senseless and unfathomable in today's society that someone would walk into a church during a prayer meeting and take their lives. Photos of the suspect — described as a5’9”white male, 21 years old with sandy blond hair — and a dark-colored vehicle were released to the public early Thursday morning. The gunman remained at large Thursday and is considered “extremely dangerous.
The gunman shot to death nine church members Wednesday night at one of the nation’s oldest black churches in Charleston, South Carolina.
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