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Police have captured Dylann Roof, the suspected gunman who viciously opened fire at a historic black church Wednesday.

Police have captured Dylann Roof, the suspected gunman who viciously opened fire at a historic black church Wednesday.

Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, was jailed in March on a drug charge.

Lyle Mitchell still cares about his wife, his lawyer told TODAY, but said he would not be taking his wife's side after she helped two killers escape prison.

Some of the nine victims of the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting were remembered as "positive" and "kind-hearted" Thursday.

Police fanned across Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday morning in pursuit of the gunman who viciously opened fire at a historic black church.

A candlelight vigil for the victims was also held in Berkeley on Wednesday night.

The South Carolina church where Wednesday's horrific shooting took place has a central place in the African-American struggle for rights.

South Carolina is home to 19 hate groups - including two factions of the Ku Klux Klan and four "White Nationalist" organizations, campaigners say.

The Charleston church shooting provoked shock and outrage on Twitter.