2015 Charleston church shooting

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2015_Charleston_church_shooting
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkb:crime
gptkb:terrorist_attack
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Dylann_Roof
gptkbp:casualties 9
gptkbp:church_founded 1816
gptkbp:church_nickname gptkb:Mother_Emanuel
gptkbp:church_significance oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the South
gptkbp:criminalActivity gptkb:murder
gptkb:crime
domestic terrorism
gptkbp:date 2015-06-17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2015 Charleston church shooting
gptkbp:injuries 1
gptkbp:location gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international attention
gptkbp:motive gptkb:racism
gptkbp:notable_for attack on historic Black church
sparked national debate on racism and gun control
led to removal of Confederate flag from South Carolina State House
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Dylann_Roof
gptkbp:perpetrator's_age_at_time_of_attack 21
gptkbp:perpetrator's_background from Columbia, South Carolina
gptkbp:perpetrator's_confession yes
gptkbp:perpetrator's_conviction guilty on all counts
gptkbp:perpetrator's_ideology white supremacy
gptkbp:perpetrator's_manifesto published online before attack
gptkbp:perpetrator's_race white
gptkbp:perpetrator's_sentence death
gptkbp:response calls for gun control legislation
discussion on white supremacy in the US
vigils and memorials held nationwide
President Barack Obama delivered eulogy for Clementa Pinckney
gptkbp:sentence death penalty
gptkbp:target gptkb:Emanuel_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:trial gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Clementa_C._Pinckney
gptkb:Cynthia_Marie_Graham_Hurd
gptkb:Depayne_Middleton-Doctor
gptkb:Ethel_Lee_Lance
gptkb:Myra_Thompson
gptkb:Sharonda_Coleman-Singleton
gptkb:Susie_Jackson
gptkb:Tywanza_Sanders
gptkb:Daniel_Simmons
gptkbp:victims'_race gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:weapon Glock 41 .45-caliber handgun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dylann_Roof
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7