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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
Parishioners sing at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others.
Ushers come to the assistance of a woman who collapses as she prays at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Sunday.
Hundreds of people stand outside the Emanuel A.M.E. Church during a morning service four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of it's pastor and eight others.
Gillettie Bennett, right, comforts Clarissa Jackson Sunday while they wait in line for Emanuel AME Church's first worship service since the shooting.
Noah Nicolaisen, of Charleston, S.C., kneels at a makeshift memorial, Thursday, June 18, 2015.
A woman adds flowers to a makeshift memorial in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
A group of women pray together at a make-shift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church, Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Charleston, S.C.
Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof, center, is escorted from the Shelby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Dylann Roof, 21, was booked into Charleston County in South Carolina on June 18 at 7:25 p.m. after being extradited from Shelby, N.C.
The desk of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of the nine victims in the Charleston shooting, is draped in black Thursday.
State Senator Vincent Sheheen grieves near Pinckney's desk.
Chaplain James St. John, center, leads senators in prayer Thursday at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C.
Chaplain James St. John leads senators in prayer Thursday at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C.
President Barack Obama speaks about the shooting in Charleston.
President Barack Obama speaks about the shooting in Charleston.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks about the shooting in Charleston.
Officials told ABC News that Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a Charleston church, has been caught.
State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, right, is pictured in a file photo. Pinckney was among the nine people killed when a gunman opened fire in a Charleston church.
State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, left, is pictured in a file photo. Pinckney was among the nine people killed when a gunman opened fire in a Charleston church.
Nine people were killed inside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Wednesday when a gunman opened fire. The church is pictured Thursday morning.
The growing memorial outside of Emmanuel AME Church, where the shooting occurred.
Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church.
A passing motorist looks out her window as she stops at an intersection down the street from the Emanuel AME Church.
Lisa Doctor joins a prayer circle down the street from the Emanuel AME Church.
A man looks on as a group of people arrive inquiring about a shooting across the street.
Worshippers gather to pray in a hotel parking lot across the street from the scene of a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Worshippers gather to pray down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early Thursday, June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C.
Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
An FBI agent walks across the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Police close off a section of Calhoun Street near the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley, right, stands next to Police Chief Gregory Mullen as he addresses the media down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015
Worshippers embrace following a group prayer across the street from the scene of a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Worshippers gather to pray in a hotel parking lot across the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Thousands marched on Charleston's Ravenel Bridge in a show of unity Sunday after last week's shooting at Emanuel AME Church that killed nine people.
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