Police release suspect picture in US church shooting

Police said he is about 5 foot, 9 inches tall and is in his early 20s

Update: 2015-06-18 17:49 GMT
This security camera footage handout grab released by the Charleston (South Carolina) Police Department on June 18, 2015 obtained on the city of Charleston Facebook page shows the suspect. (Photo: AFP)

Washington: Police in Charleston, South Carolina released images today of the man suspected of killing nine people in a shooting at a historic black church.

Security camera footage shows a slender young white man with dark blond or brown hair in a distinctive bowl-type haircut, and wearing a grey sweater.

Police said he is about 5 foot, 9 inches tall and is in his early 20s.

The suspect was seen leaving the church in a black sedan, police said.

The gunman was on the run today after fatally shooting at least nine worshippers, including the pastor, in a predominantly black church in downtown Charleston, in what police called a hate crime.

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