President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in South Carolina

12:15 p.m. ET

Last night, a gunman opened fire at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people including pastor and state senator Clementa Pinckney. The Department of Justice is opening a hate crime investigation into this tragedy. 

The President delivered the following statement from the White House Briefing Room: 

Full video: Watch President Obama's statement on the tragic #CharlestonShooting. http://t.co/LkxrbDmWQQ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2015

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