Police in Charleston have released the images of the Charleston gunman to the public and have warned people not to confront the man as he is extremely dangerous. The man spared a woman from the shooting because he said he want her to tell people what had happened. The gunman told the woman, "I just had to do this" while he reload his weapon five different times.
The gunman said :
I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country and you have to go.
The gunman sat down with churchgoers in the prayer meeting before the shooting spree. Eight people died and found at the church, while the ninth person died on the way to the hospital. One other person was sounded and currently receiving treatment in Charleston, North Carolina.
Chief Gregory Mullen, Police chief of the Charleston Police Department said :
It is unfathomable that somebody in today's society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives.
New York-based civil rights leader, Al Sharpton revealed via his tweet that Rev. Clements Pinckney, a SC legislator is among the 9 killed in SC church.