CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof appeared via video conference Friday for a bond hearing in the Charleston church shooting case. At the end of that hearing a judge set Roof's bond at $1 million.
The bond amount only covers the gun charge filed against Roof. The judge said he has no authority to set bond against Roof for the nine counts of murder he is charged with.
A statement from Roof's family said:
"The Roof Family would like to extend their deepest sympathies and condolences to families of the victims in Wednesday night's shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
"Words cannot express our shock, grief, and disbelief as to what happened that night. We are devastated and saddened by what occurred. We offer our prayers sympathy for all of those impacted by these events. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those killed this week.
"We have all been touched by the moving words from the victims' families offering God's forgiveness and love in the face of such horrible suffering. Our hope and prayer is for peace and healing for the families of the victims, the Charleston community, and those touched by these events throughout the state of South Carolina and our nation.
"As you can imagine, words are hard to find and we would ask that the media respect our family's privacy at this time."
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The memorial at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church continues to grow as mourners leave flowers at the doorstep where police say Roof entered the house of worship and carried out a mass murder.
Police say Roof drove to North Carolina shortly after killing nine people. He's now in custody back in South Carolina.
Channel 2's Carl Willis traveled to Charleston where people expressed sadness, anger and disbelief over what took place there Wednesday night.
"People were lost for no reason, doing good, just coming to praise their God and it's not right. It's just not right," Pete Rugheimer told Willis.
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Willis looked on as hundreds of visitors stopped to pray, weep and have what parents described as difficult discussions with their children.
Audrey Temelini told Willis she visited the church in the past and was welcomed with open arms.
"We were the only Caucasian people there, but they sat us in the front row and they were so open and giving to us and I'm sure that's how they were last night," Temelini said.
Dylann Storm Roof, 21, spent nearly an hour inside the church Wednesday night before killing six women and three men, including the pastor, Chief Greg Mullen said. A citizen spotted his car in Shelby, North Carolina, nearly four hours away.
He allegedly told the victims he was there to kill black people.
Among the nine Roof is accused of killing, was Emanuel AME's pastor Clementa C. Pinckney, 41.
Pinckney was a married father of two who spent 19 years in the South Carolina legislature. He became the youngest member of the House when he was first elected as a Democrat at 23.
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"He had a core not many of us have," said Sen. Vincent Sheheen, who sat beside Pinckney in the Senate. "I think of the irony that the most gentle of the 46 of us — the best of the 46 of us in this chamber — is the one who lost his life."
The other victims were identified as Cynthia Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; the Rev. Sharonda Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; the Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; and DePayne Doctor, 49.
Their families are grieving but people gathering at the church Thursday night say they are not alone.
"We're right here with you and we're all hurt by this because we really all are," Temelini told Willis.
"I hope we all find peace in this and some type of healing," Charleston resident Sharon Wright said.
Roof will be held in isolation and is expected to have a bond hearing Friday where he is expected to be charged with nine counts of murder.
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The shootings took out the heart of a community — civic leaders including three pastors, a regional library manager, a college enrollment counselor, and a high school track coach — and left the historic church with just one living minister.
Channel 2's Tom Jones talked with tourists earlier in the day who didn't know any of the victims, who told him they were very emotional over what happened.
"We were on vacation. We just came from Myrtle Beach and we had planned to come here anyway. We canceled then we decided to come after they found the shooter. So it's just real emotional for us," said Mary Lassiter.
He also found people praying and other holding signs that said "pray for Charleston."
Jones also saw people who knew the victim's place flowers outside the church. He said they were overcome with grief over what happened inside.
Ebenezer Baptist Church holds prayer vigil for Charleston Victims
Hundreds of people across all faiths gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Thursday night to remember the nine victims killed in Charleston.
Among those in attendance was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister, Christine King Farris.
Farris told Channel 2's Rachel Stockman that the church shooting brought back memories about her own mother's death.
Forty years ago King's mother was gunned down inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church bringing back all sorts of memories.
A message of togetherness was preached Thursday night through song and tears. There was also a message of fighting back against gun violence
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"Just to pay homage and just to pray and just be around other people that are feeling the same pain that I'm feeling. It breaks my heart," Gwendolyn Adams told Stockman.
Christine King Farris told Stockman Wednesday's shooting reminded her of when her own mother was killed.
"It just brought back very sad moments, but you have to still go on," Farris said.
Many in the congregation told Stockman that Thursday's vigil was about turning the pain everyone was feeling into something good
"It isn't going away so we have to do the best we can," Adams said.
Mother of Atlanta woman victim in shooting
The mother of a member of Atlanta's oldest African Methodist Episcopal church was killed in the Charleston massacre.
The senior pastor of Big Bethel AME Church on Auburn Avenue says Denise Quarles heard about the shooting but it took several difficult hours before she confirmed her mother, Rev. Myra Thompson, who was helping lead a Bible study Wednesday night, was among the nine who lost their lives.
Rev. John Foster led a group of his congregation in prayer Thursday afternoon.
They are still stunned by the brutal attack on worshipers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston Wednesday night.
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"The woman preacher who was preaching Bible study last night was the mother of one of our praise team singers," Foster told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri.
Quarles sings in the choir at Big Bethel and learned of the shooting late Wednesday. She then found out her mother died in the shooting several hours later.
"I called and prayed with her this morning as she was on her way up to South Carolina," Foster said.
Many of those praying at Big Bethel Thursday came to Georgia from South Carolina.
Rev. Richard Williams is originally from South Carolina near Charleston and says he visited Emanuel not too long ago.
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"I know those same pews, the same space. And you know I've been in those spaces before for other events and activities," Williams told Viteri.
Foster says the attack hit so close to home that many church members were too upset to show up in person for the prayer vigil.
"Some of our members I was calling on the way in. They're so upset they're crying. They say, 'Pastor, I can't come to the prayer meeting but I'll be praying at home," Foster said.
Neighbors shine light on shooting suspect
Police were at Dylann Roof's home, in the community of Eastover outside of Columbia, South Carolina within hours after he was identified as the suspect.
Reporter Greg Suskin from Channel 2's sister station, WSOC-TV, talked to neighbors who were stunned to learn of his arrest.
Officers stood outside a house in the small community where neighbors said Roof stayed there with his mother.
Family members next door asked Suskin and his photographer to leave their property and they closed the door.
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Neighbors said they often saw Roof riding four-wheelers on their street and walking by their homes.
"He really seemed harmless. I never would have thought," Debra Scott said.
She saw the police presence outside the home Thursday afternoon and was afraid because there are few blacks in that neighborhood. She is worried her family could have been a target.
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"I feel bad for the family," Scott said. "I feel bad for him, and it is scary and it just lets you know that you never know where danger is."
Another neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, said Roof had only been around a few years. She felt sorry for his mother, as well as the victims.
'My heart is crying for everyone who lost a life," the neighbor said. "He had to be troubled somewhere."
Roof has a pending drug charge in Lexington County and was arrested for trespassing in April in Richland County.