Photos: Mass shooting at Charleston church

Thousands of mourners attended the funeral for South Carolina state senator and Rev. Clementa Pinckney at the College of Charleston TD Arena on June 26, 2015.

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Chicago Tribune

June 17, 2015 8:44 PM PT

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Nine people were killed in a shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015.

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama make their way on board Air Force One on June 26, 2015, heading to Charleston to attend services for Reverend and South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney.

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Mourners gather June 25, 2015, before the funeral service for Ethel Lance, one of the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church on June 17 in Charleston, S.C.

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Visitors pause outside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 23, 2015.

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A young girl shouts slogans as hundreds of people gather for a protest rally against the Confederate flag in Columbia, S.C., on June 20, 2015.

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Monte Talmadge walks past the memorial on the sidewalk in front Emanuel AME Church on June 20, 2015, after a mass shooting at the church killed nine people in Charleston, S.C.

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Nadine Collier speaks about her mother, shooting victim Ethel Lance, after a bond hearing at the Charleston County Detention Center on June 19, 2015, for suspect Dylann Roof.

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