Charleston shooting: What we know so far:
* Manhunt underway for Dylann Storm Roof, 21, of South Carolina. [Updated: Mr. Roof was arrested at a traffic stop in North Carolina around noon Thursday.]
* Roof is 5-foot-9 and weighs 120 lbs.
* He may be driving a black 2000 Hyundai Elantra.
* White gunman opened fire inside the historically black Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina around 9 p.m.
* Nine people are dead: Six women, three men.
* The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a South Carolina state senator, among the dead.
* Eight victims died at the church, the ninth victim succumbed to wounds at a nearby hospital.
* Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen deemed the shooting a hate crime.
* The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened a hate crime investigation into the Charleston massacre.
* Gunman attended a Bible study/prayer group at the church for nearly an hour before unleashing the attack.
* Assailant allowed one woman to escape to explain to authorities what transpired.
* Child survived the rampage by playing dead
* Police released surveillance images of assailant entering the church.
• Staff can be reached at 202-636-3000.
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