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Authorities Capture Man Who Killed 9 at South Carolina Church

An intense manhunt for a young white man who joined a prayer meeting at a historic black church in South Carolina — and then opened fire, killing nine people, including the pastor is over.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says a suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting. 

Twenty-one year old Dylann Roof was arrested during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina.

Charleston’s police chief, Greg Mullen says the gunman had stayed for nearly an hour at the prayer meeting last night before shooting the nine victims.

Authorities haven’t released any names of victims — but according to the State House Minority leader, they included state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who was the church’s pastor.

He was 41-years-old, and was a married father of two.

A Justice Department spokesman says federal officials are opening a hate crime investigation.