Charleston church get all-clear after bomb threat during vigil

Shortly after the end of a vigil at Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston on Thursday afternoon, mourners and media were ordered out of the building.

A Charleston state lawmaker told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was told there was a bomb threat. The church was evacuated and police were moving the crowd away from the building at around 2 p.m.

Fire trucks and police vehicles appeared with their lights flashing on either side of the building. Officers cleared the street in front of the church while the checked for a bomb.