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Downhome · Jun 18, 2015

I'm just starting to see this news here in SC...

http://myfox8.com/2015/06/17/police-respond-to-report-of-shooting-at-charleston-church/

CHARLESTON, S.C. Police are responding to a report of a shooting at a Charleston church.

The incident happened at about 9 p.m. at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston.

Charleston police have not confirmed any information on victims.

Multiple media outlets, citing scanner traffic, say this may be a mass shooting situation.

Mecha · Jun 18, 2015

Terrible, RIP to the deceased victims.

Pai Pai Master · Jun 18, 2015

omg wtf

why would someone do that, let alone at a place of worship? so awful

Currygan · Jun 18, 2015

there are no words

alr1ght · Jun 18, 2015

At least 8 dead
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/17/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/28902017/

entremet · Jun 18, 2015

Pai Pai Master said:
omg wtf

why would someone do that, let alone at a place of worship? so awful

Happens all the time in the Middle East.

TwntyOneTwlv · Jun 18, 2015

This is fucked up. Just so fucked up.

PopeReal · Jun 18, 2015

Gunman on the loose?

Downhome · Jun 18, 2015

PopeReal said:
Gunman on the loose?

Yep, still on the run.

Randolph Freelander · Jun 18, 2015

God help the victims.

Bread · Jun 18, 2015

Fuck. I was just in Charleston last month, what a beautiful city. How terrible.

Lan Dong Mik · Jun 18, 2015

Terrible

TheAbsolution · Jun 18, 2015

Oh no.

Dishwalla · Jun 18, 2015

oh shit, have family down there.

Mariolee · Jun 18, 2015

My thoughts and prayers to the families there. What a tragedy

Elfforkusu · Jun 18, 2015

a Master Ninja · Jun 18, 2015

I wonder what the (clearly deranged) motive could have been.

Lactose_Intolerant · Jun 18, 2015

entrement said:
Happens all the time in the Middle East.

Happens all the time everywhere.

DJ_Lae · Jun 18, 2015

Scary stuff. Hopefully they catch the guy before it gets even worse.

guek · Jun 18, 2015

May the victims rest in peace and the gunman be brought to justice before men and God.

BobLoblaw · Jun 18, 2015

We need more guns!!! /sigh Hope things turn out ok. Looking at that twitter feed it, looks like this could be race related. Hope not.

perfectchaos007 · Jun 18, 2015

Wow RIP to the victims. I forgot there are still a good number of Christians that attend church on Wednesdays.

King Cobra · Jun 18, 2015

BobLoblaw said:
We need more guns!!! /sigh Hope things turn out ok. Looking at that twitter feed it, looks like this could be race related. Hope not.

I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

YesNOnoNOYes · Jun 18, 2015

Terrible

RIP to the victims and hopefully the gunman is going to be caught soon.

Currygan · Jun 18, 2015

suspect seems to be a 21yo white male

Retrocide · Jun 18, 2015

perfectchaos007 said:
Wow RIP to the victims. I forgot there are still a good number of Christians that attend church on Wednesdays.

Alot of churches have bible study on Wednesday.

lamaroo · Jun 18, 2015

Lactose_Intolerant said:
Happens all the time everywhere.

Mass shootings?

No, it doesn't.

JPLMD · Jun 18, 2015

Awful

thoughts are with all those affected.

GamerSoul · Jun 18, 2015

r.i.p. to the victims. No where feels safe anymore

Finaj · Jun 18, 2015

Lactose_Intolerant said:
Happens all the time everywhere.

America seems to be the only first-world country where they happen consistently.

jhmtehgamr20xx · Jun 18, 2015

Death sentence for the shooter. Condolences for the innocent lives that were lost.

Princess Carl · Jun 18, 2015

King Cobra said:
I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

So in order to balance things out, you take his post as a chance to push an equally/if not more ignorant political agenda? Good job.

TheTurboFD · Jun 18, 2015

King Cobra said:
I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

Wait so are you telling me criminals don't actually follow the law? :O

BobLoblaw · Jun 18, 2015

King Cobra said:
I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

So you're saying if this country didn't have stricter guns laws, not one single life would be saved? That sounds pretty ignorant in my book. Fact is, easy access to gun is why the US has things like this happen on a monthly basis and if you can find me another first world country where shit like this happens, I'd gladly take back my original argument.

devilhawk · Jun 18, 2015

Currygan said:
suspect seems to be a 21yo white male

that's an oddly specific age guess

Kin5290 · Jun 18, 2015

Lactose_Intolerant said:
Happens all the time everywhere.

Not really. But mosques, churches, and other places of worship getting bombed is a tragically (relatively) common occurrence in the Middle East.

jstripes · Jun 18, 2015

What the hell is going on with the world?

OttomanScribe · Jun 18, 2015

Kin5290 said:
Not really. But mosques, churches, and other places of worship getting bombed is a tragically (relatively) common occurrence in the Middle East.

Is it?

Massive Duck. C.M. · Jun 18, 2015

Damn, during Bible study.

R.I.P.

Master Yoshi · Jun 18, 2015

This thread is already off to a rocky start...

My thoughts are with all of those affected by this...

faridmon · Jun 18, 2015

entrement said:
Happens all the time in the Middle East.

Mass shooting? not really. Bombing happens in a more unsettled countries, ut its not normal even in Middle East.

RIP whoever died, and condolences to their family!

Dryk · Jun 18, 2015

King Cobra said:
I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

In a lot of cases the criminal in these has much easier access to guns than the black market. Not to mention a lot of domestic violence incidents. It's an extra barrier to entry so it would have an effect, we just don't know how much.

But since we don't know about where and how the perpetrator in this case acquired the gun it's not really the time or the place for that discussion.

Patryn · Jun 18, 2015

Terrible tragedy.

Doesn't help that my wife is in Charleston at a conference and is staying at a hotel that's only a few blocks away from the shooting site.

Lactose_Intolerant · Jun 18, 2015

lamaroo said:
Mass shootings?

No, it doesn't.

Yeah, I wasn't going for mass shootings. I was talking about attacks at places of worships.

Watch this not even be religion related.

Cow Mengde · Jun 18, 2015

The name of the church makes it sound like this is race related. Not saying it is, but it's just a bad feeling in my gut.

Princess Viola · Jun 18, 2015

Rest in peace to the victims.

oc · Jun 18, 2015

So the cops just cuffed someone and took them into the Marriott.. grey shirt, blue pants, white.. hmm. Would suck for him to be all over the news and it's not even the right guy.

TheLostBigBoss · Jun 18, 2015

King Cobra said:
I hate when people use situations like this to push their ignorant political agendas. As if a criminal would be deterred from buying a gun because it's illegal.

I hate when people push the "WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT FIXING THE ISSUE CAUSE THE BLOOD IS STILL WARM" trope every fucking time we have a mass shooting.

But it's a good card to use, cause with all the shootings we have in the country the blood never gets cold, so it's always inappropriate to bring up the root cause.

Downhome · Jun 18, 2015

It absolutely is an african american church, that's for sure.

What a horrible story, just blah is all I think.

The Technomancer · Jun 18, 2015

Jesus

RIP

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