(19 Jun 2015) The man accused in the shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston made his first South Carolina court appearance Friday.
21-year-old Dylann Roof was not in the court, as most initial hearings are conducted over a video link with the county jail.
Nine people were killed Wednesday night at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston.
Officials are investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
Police say Roof spent nearly an hour at the church in a prayer meeting before shooting the victims.
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