Ranar 17 ga Yuni, 2015, Dylann Roof 'yar shekara 21 da take goyon bayan nuna bambancin launin fata ta shiga cikin wani coci mai suna Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church kuma ta saurari wani sashen nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki kafin ta harbi mutane tara kuma ta kashe su
, dukkansu 'yan Afirka ne. Babban fasto Clementa Pinckney, wanda kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin sanata na jihar, yana daga cikin wadanda aka kashe a lokacin harin. Waɗanda suka mutu sun haɗa da 'yan ikilisiya Susie Jackson, mai shekara 87; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Ethel Lance, mai shekara 70; Myra Thompson, mai shekara 59; Cynthia Hurd, mai shekara 54; Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, mai shekara 49; Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, mai shekara 45; da kuma Tywanza Sanders, mai shekara 26. Harin ya jawo hankalin ƙasa, kuma ya haifar da muhawara kan wariyar launin fata na tarihi, alamomin Confederate a jihohin Kudancin, da kuma tashin hankali na bindiga, a wani ɓangare bisa ga rubutun yanar gizo na Roof. Wani taron tunawa a harabar Kwalejin Charleston ya samu halartar Shugaba Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Mataimakin Shugaban kasa Joe Biden, Jill Biden, da Shugaban Majalisar John Boehner.