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Charleston Shooting Updates: Suspected Gunman Charged With 9 Counts of Murder

Web ExclusiveJune 18, 2015

Police have reportedly arrested the gunman who shot dead nine people attending Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Authorities identified the suspected gunman as 21-year-old Dylann Roof. The known victims include the church’s pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a state senator, and his sister.

On Friday’s Democracy Now! we dedicated the hour to the Charleston shooting.

Below are updates from Twitter and around the web:

















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