June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, oo 21 jir ah oo ka mid ah dadka caddaanka ah ee caddaanka ah, waxay gashay kaniisadda taariikhiga ah ee Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church waxayna ka qayb gashay qayb ka mid ah casharkii Kitaabka Quduuska ah ka hor inta aysan toogasho ku dilin sagaal qof
Afrikaan Mareykan ah dhamaantood. Wadaadka sare ee Clementa Pinckney, oo sidoo kale u adeegay senatarka gobolka, ayaa ka mid ahaa kuwii lagu dilay weerarka. Dadka dhintay waxaa sidoo kale ka mid ahaa xubnaha kaniisadda Susie Jackson, 87; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Ethel Lance, 70; Myra Thompson, 59; Cynthia Hurd, 54; Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; iyo Tywanza Sanders, 26. Weerarka ayaa soo jiitay dareenka qaranka, wuxuuna kiciyay dood ku saabsan cunsuriyada taariikhiga ah, astaamaha Confederate ee gobollada Koonfurta, iyo rabshadaha hubka, qayb ahaan ku saleysan qoraallada khadka tooska ah ee Roof. Xaflad lagu maamuusayay dhismaha jaamacadda Charleston ayaa waxaa ka soo qayb galay madaxweyne Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, madaxweyne ku xigeenka Joe Biden, Jill Biden, iyo guddoomiyaha Aqalka John Boehner.