South Carolina

Nine people were confirmed dead after a shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday. Police said several bodies were in the church that were now being identified. Among the dead was the state senator who was pastor of the church, Democrat Clementa Pinckney.

Video released April 9 has revealed new details in the death of a black man gunned down by a white police officer in South Carolina that led to a murder charge against the cop and prompted calls for change in US police forces.
      

Police in the US state of South Carolina charged an officer April 7 with murder after video showed him apparently gunning down a fleeing black man, a rare arrest in a string of shootings of unarmed black men that have raised allegations of police racism.