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center of the city, and it is, from what i know, the oldest african american church south of baltimore. very historic church here, has one of the largest african american congregations of any church you could possibly find. and people are devastated. they're doing prayer circles on the hour and just praying and just trying to get some comfort because it's devastating. the police chief said this is the worst night of his career. and the mayor was out here, as well, mayor riley, who's been the mayor forever. and you could just tell he was extremely distraught over this tragedy. >> all right, and who can't be right now? kristen mcfann there for us. thank you so much. we'll continue to check in with our reporters there on the ground throughout the show. again, the unfathomable headline there is that nine people dead, shot and killed while they were at a bible study at church on wednesday night there in charleston, south carolina. killer right now still on the loose. we want to turn, some other news we want to get to.
man had any connection to the crime. but then, he went on to say that the guy is still loose. >> kristen, we know in addition to the shooting, there was an ongoing threat, believed to have been a potential bomb they were talking about. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, i don't know a lot of details about that, but i was talking to one of our state senators who is hold up in an undisclosed location because of that threat, and they were just moving him to another one. so i don't know if that's an ongoing threat and they're being cautious by moving people into different areas, but i spoke to him about 15 minutes ago and he still was supposed to stay where he was told to be because of the threat. >> last thing to you, kristen. it's important to get perspective on this church. it has a long and storied history. large church there, one of the largest and oldest black churches in the south. but again, for our viewers who aren't familiar, give quickly some kind of perspective of what this place means to that community. >> reporter: it's right in the
about 9:00, around that time. >> reporter: just down the street from the church, outside the courtyard marriott, local pastors gathered together. an entire community praying for answers and a quick arrest. >> you tell your people to go to work, do right, go to church. these people were going to church. they were in church! >> in church. >> in church. >> and we want to get more details from the scene. reporter kristen mcfann is working the story and joins us by phone. kristen, we know that there is an all-out manhunt at this hour. what can you tell us about the shooter that they're looking for right mow? >> reporter: they're saying he's a white male, 21 years old, sandy blonde hair, obviously extremely dangerous. they have every available police agency the fbi, s.l.e.d. charleston police helicopters. we've seen police with assault rifles touring the streets. so far, he is still on the loose. no sign of him. but they said they're doing everything they can to find him tonight. >> kristen, like you said, still on the loose. i was struck by the police chief and his comments in that press conference.