Story Round-Up: Charleston Shooting

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SHOOTING AT EMANUEL AME CHURCH

The Story

• Charleston church massacre: ‘What happened in there was brutal’ (The Guardian).

The Victims

• Charleston victims: 9 lives lost to family and community (CNN).
• Clementa Pinckney, state senator, pastor dead in shooting (Post & Courier).
• Librarian Cynthia Hurd dedicated her life to books, educating others (Post & Courier).
• Charleston shooting victim Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was mother, teacher, coach, minister (Post & Courier).
• How to Support The Charleston Emanuel AME Church & The Victims’ Families (HCS).

The Church

• The History of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church (HCS).
• Historic Emanuel AME has risen from tragedy for two centuries (Post & Courier).
  • For Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church, shooting is another painful chapter in rich history (Washington Post).
• Charleston’s Emanuel AME church has rich history (USA Today).
• King Center posts photo of Dr. Martin Luther King at Emanuel AME in Charleston (AJC).

The Suspect

• Sources say suspect confessed to church shooting (ABC News 4).
• Suspect ‘Almost Didn’t Go Through’ With Charleston Church Shooting (NBC News).
• Bond hearing is scheduled for 2 pm on Friday. He is charged with 9 counts of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
• Tip from Kings Mountain florists led to Charleston shooting suspect’s arrest (Shelby Star).
• Charleston Shooting: A Closer Look at Alleged Gunman (ABC News 4).
  • Shooting suspect feared ‘blacks were taking over the world’ (Yahoo).
  • Charleston shooting suspect: Apartheid patches, Confederate flag, drug arrest (Post & Courier).
  • Friend says church shooting suspect ranted about race (ABC News 4).
• Uncle Would ‘Push Button’ Himself If Nephew Receives Death Penalty (Yahoo/Good Morning America).

The City

• With church shooting suspect in custody, a community reels (Charleston City Paper).
• Authorities respond to four bomb threats in 24 hours (ABC News 4).
• Boeing announces $100K donation to church hope fund (Live 5 News).
• Charleston vigil attendants hopeful they can ‘overcome’ hate (ABC News 4).
• Prayer vigils to be held honoring victims of Emanuel AME shooting (Live 5 News).
• Flowers, messages left outside church shooting site (Live 5 News).
• Emanuel AME shooting may be most deadly hate crime in South Carolina history, historian says (Post & Courier).
• Church bells to ring Sunday for Emanuel AME shooting victims (Live 5 News).
• RiverDogs will play tonight as scheduled after fatal church shooting (Charleston City Paper).
• In wake of shootings, some cancel events, others redirect proceeds to victims’ family fund (Post & Courier).
• NAACP President Cornell Brooks to speak in Charleston Friday (Live 5 News).
• All CCPL branches closed Thursday (CCPL).

Opinion/Other

• Real Time Timeline: Police Responding to Shooting at Calhoun Street Church; Multiple Causalities Reported (HCS).
• Obama ‘heartbroken’ over shooting at Emanuel AME Church (Live 5 News).
• Haley calls for death penalty in Charleston Church shooting (Live 5 News).
• Women played dead to save self and grandchild (News 2).
• Jon Stewart Drops the Jokes & Gives Impassioned Commentary on Charleston (HCS).
• Charleston Shooting: Speaking the Unspeakable, Thinking the Unthinkable (Esquire).
• Sometimes it really is as simple as black and white (Post & Courier).
• Our Racist History Isn’t Back to Haunt Us. It Never Left Us (New Republic).
• AME vigils nationwide gather communities in prayer (USA Today).
• The BBC Spoke with HCS about the Charleston Shooting (HCS).
• Boston Herald Front Page
• Emanuel AME shooting: This is now the world we live in (Charleston City Paper).
• Leaders react to Charleston mass murder (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina Has Permissive Gun Laws. Here’s Why That Won’t Change (Huffington Post).
• State leaders, celebrities react to downtown Charleston shooting (Live 5 News).
• Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush Cancels Events in Charleston (News 2).
• The GOP’s staggering Charleston cowardice: Why are so many Republicans so scared of admitting the truth? (Salon).
• Facebook user mistaken for Charleston shooting suspect (Live 5 News).

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