mhg83

8 dead and multiple injured. Shooter is still on the run.

inri222

Charleston church shooting: 9 killed in what officials call a hate crime

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/cha...lina-shooting/

RichC2

This was last night, not exactly Breaking.

But yes, it's horrible, a senator / pastor and 8 others are dead, and another skinny white guy with a bowl cut has committed mass murder.

I'm utterly baffled as to wtf is wrong with people.

JasonF

Horrible news. Reverend Pinckney (the most prominent victim; he was also a State Senator) was apparently a friend of a friend -- or, at least, an acquaintance of a friend. From all accounts, Reverend Pinckney was a good man, as were (I'm sure) the other victims.

I hope they find the guy who did this quickly and without further loss of life or injury.

DVD Josh

It's time to start putting people to death quicker for crimes like these. Trial - sentencing phase - then review by independent panel. If upheld - you are shot in the head immediately.

And there needs to stop being reporting on it too. Notoriety is part of the reason these psychopaths do what they do. Sensationalist journalism is as much the problem as anything else. That an pure psychotic mentally deranged fuckwads like this guy.

wendersfan

I changed the thread title to reflect that, and also corrected the spelling of 'Charleston.'

General Zod

I hope they catch this guy quickly - really there's nothing more cowardly than going into a place of worship and shooting people.

Deftones

Looks like they've already identified him and are searching his mother's house. I'm sure it's only a matter of a few hours until they catch him.

RichC2

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...an-storm-roof/

BDB

Lone Wolf ' Mentally Unstable - Right?

DVD Josh

Stormm Roof. I blame the parents.

CRM114

A douche with a douche haircut.

DVD Josh

Maybe Lloyd Dobbler shouldn't be your role model.

DVD Josh

Boy, this isn't race baiting at all:

General Zod

They are saying he spent an hour at a prayer meeting of some sort before opening fire. I wonder if something was said that set him off or what. They are saying he left a survivor live just so she can tell what happened.

Quack

RichC2

Oh this whole story is massively race baited, it's what sells and news, above all else, is about ratings these days.

DVD Josh

I sadly agree.

DthRdrX

Must have finally found out his father wasn't going to the ice cream store.

cdollaz

I never trust people with eyes that are too close together.

General Zod

Well it's being reported that the shooter said “You rape our women and you’re taking over our country. And you have to go.”

If that's true then I'm not sure where else you can really go with it.

I still think it's odd he spent an hour there. If you really have hatred for people why attend a meeting with them for an hour first?

RichC2

It's definitely a racist hate crime. There's just something in the way it's being reported by numerous sources that's... off.

DVD Josh

Well according to this logic, I suppose a Native American could walk into any white church in the country and do the same thing.

Groucho

All over Twitter that he's been caught.

Goat3001

I'm usually the first one to call out race baiting but this guy was allegedly a White Supremicist. Seems like his agenda was obviously race related.

http://gawker.com/charleston-suspect...out-1712232746

Now, what happens if a cop finds him unarmed and kills him... will the universe as we know it cease to exist?