South Carolina police (click here) have released the identity of the suspect in the church shooting Wednesday night as Dylann Storm Roof, 21. A manhunt for the shooter is under way.
Charleston police are searching for a gunman who attacked the parishioners of the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, killing 9 people.
Police are describing the shooting as a hate crime.
A Facebook photo shows Roof wearing a jacket with two flag patches: one of Apartheid-era South Africa, and the other of Rhodesia, before it became majority-ruled Zimbabwe.
Roof's uncle told law enforcement officials he recognized his nephew from the released photos, and confirmed he received a gun as a birthday present in April, according to Reuters....
