By Penny
#462511
Nine people died in an "unfathomable" act of violence at a historic predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday evening when a gunman opened fire during a prayer service in what police describe as a "hate crime."

Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen said eight people were found dead inside the church after the shooting unfolded around 9 p.m. Two other people were rushed to the hospital, where one died, making it the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since 12 people were killed inside the Washington Navy Yard in September 2013.

The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, church pastor and a South Carolina state senator, was among the dead.
"It is senseless," Mullen said at a news conference Wednesday evening. "It is unfathomable that somebody would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives."

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a hate crime investigation.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-respond ... d=31845305
By Penny
#462519
Phaedrus wrote:Is your thread title meant to imply this incident was anti-religion?


Just stating a fact.

Here, just in case you might have over read the quote herein the article.

"It is unfathomable that somebody would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-respond ... d=31845305


Killed While Worshipping God. No?