Facing death for church shooting, Dylann Roof says: “I still feel like I had to do it” CHARLESTON, S.C. -Dylann Roof, the convicted shooter in theassault on Emanuel AME Churchin Charleston, South Carolina, that left a total of 12 victims, killing nine of them, told jurors Tuesday th...
President Barack Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama knew Pinckney and the several other members of the church in remarks on the shooting Thursday. The president referred fondly to “Mother Emanuel” as more than a church, calling it “a sacred place in the history of Charleston and ...
By Syma ChowdhryPHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Patricia Hamm fights back tears after learning her cousin Reverend Clementa Pinckney was killed at the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina."God just please don't let it be Clementa."She says her cousin died doing something he live...
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was in custody last night after a gunman killed nine people at a prayer meeting in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, an attack being investigated as a hate crime. The shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the southeastern US city was...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One of the survivors of a racist massacre at an African American church in South Carolina has started giving out scholarships from her foundation to students who want to provide health care to prisoners.
Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Topics addressed include the murder of pastor Clementa C. Pinckney in the shooting, Roof's erratic mental state and background, and accounts of the shooting.FaussetRichard(AUTHOR)EligonJohn(AUTHOR)Horowitz...
The mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, says people in his town are telling him they can't stop crying about the church shootings. Joseph Riley says the grief and mourning is so widespread in his city that he can only compare it to the feeling of loss people had when President John F....
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio– A local family ripped apart by the mass shooting in a South Carolina church; one of the victims is an 87-year-old woman with ties to the area. “My grandma was very involved in the church,” said Tim Jackson, grandson of Susie Jack
Family members of those who were killed in the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in South Carolina say the Department of Justice's multimillion-dollar settlement is a step for closure, but no amount of money will ever bring back their loved ones. "No amount of compensation will ever ...
Gary and Aurelia Washington, center left and right, the son and granddaughter of Ethel Lance who died in the June 17, 2015 shooting, leave a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church, comforted by fellow family members, June 18, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. ...