NINE DEAD IN CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING. Police are calling it a hate crime, though facts are scarce. I’m sure we’ll know more before the day is out.

UPDATE: What we know this morning on the #CharlestonShooting ‘hate crime.’

ANOTHER UPDATE: Charleston Church Shooter Identified, But Still On The Run. “Police have identified the Charleston shooting suspect at Dylann Storm Roof, 21, of Eastover, S.C. Officials said the shooter sat with church members in a Bible study meeting for an hour before opening fire. He reportedly said he wanted to kill black people before he started shooting, hence authorities investigating the massacre as a hate crime. Six women and three men were shot to death, including pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, 41. All but one died at the church. A federal law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times that “it appeared from the surveillance images that the assailant may have worn a wig and a fake nose, and may even have dyed part of his skin.” The suspect’s nose isn’t the same shade as the rest of his face, and the hair is a heavy bowl cut. He was wearing layers even though it was a hot evening in Charleston and was carrying a backpack. He drove a dark sedan. He was driving a black Hyundai Elantra with South Carolina tag LGF-330.”

Photos, etc., at the link.

MORE: Suspect arrested in North Carolina. “Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof has been taken into custody in North Carolina, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN’s Deborah Feyerick.”