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Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine people in a Charleston church last month, should not have been able to buy a gun, the FBI has now determined, contradicting earlier assertions that a background check was done properly, the FBI's director says.

FBI Director James Comey told reporters: "This rips all of our hearts out" And "We are all sick this happened." Ref. CNN

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Charleston shooting suspect to be charged with federal hate crimes

Federal authorities are expected to announce hate crime charges Wednesday against the 21-year-old suspect in the Charleston church massacre, a federal official told USA TODAY. The charges against Dylann Roof come after a county grand jury earlier this month charged the young South Carolina man with the murders of nine people, including a beloved state senator, who were attending a June 17 bible study session at the Emanuel African American Methodist Episcopal Church in the heart of downtown Charleston. Ref. USAToday

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Dylann Roof pleads not guilty in Charleston church shooting

The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston wants to plead guilty to 33 federal charges, but his lawyer said in court Friday that he wouldn't do so until prosecutors say whether they'll seek the death penalty, according to the Associated Press and CNN.

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New Documents Reveal Deadly Minutes Inside South Carolina Church

Dylann Roof, 21, is accused of killing nine people during evening... Ref. Source 5k

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But as many pause to remember the Emanuel 9, Black Americans say the anniversary merely spotlights their weariness with the nation's 401-year-old legacy of slavery. "When I speak with the members of Mother Emanuel, we call it a season of extended lament," says the Rev. Eric S.C. Manning, who leads the city's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Source 7g.

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Horrific events like this that happen at places where you would least expect them are not easily forgotten and probably weigh very heavily on the minds of that community.

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Charleston church shooting victims, Justice Department reach $88 million settlement. The families of the nine people who were killed, as well as the five survivors who were inside Mother Emanuel AME Church at the time of the 2015 shooting, sued the government, claiming that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System failed to discover that the shooter, a self-identified white nationalist, was a person prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm, which allowed him to buy the handgun used in the crime. Ref. USAToday.

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That is an insane amount of money to put out but at the same time so many were affected and a statement has to be made because these people were in what should have been one of the safest places to be.