Charleston shooting: Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church - site of deadly shooting - to reopen for services on Sunday
Police have said they are no longer holding church as an active crime scene
Congregation members say the historic black church where nine people were killed is going to re-open for Sunday morning service.
Cassie Watson said the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church will open at 8.30am for Sunday school and 9am for a service. The announcement came as Charleston police announced that the church was not longer a “crime scene” and was being handed back to the church community.
Ms Watson was one of more than a dozen people to enter the building after a cleaning crew had worked on it, the Associated Press said. Other congregation members also confirmed the church would open Sunday.
Authorities say 21-year-old Dylann Roof fatally shot nine people at the church on Wednesday night.
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