--- title: Vice President Joe Biden Says Heart 'Aches With Sorrow' for Charleston description: "Hate has once again been let loose in an American community." canonical: https://time.com/3927046/joe-biden-charleston-shooting-statement/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-18T19:30:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:57:48.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Vice President Biden: My Heart 'Aches With Sorrow' for Charleston og:description: "Hate has once again been let loose in an American community." og:url: https://time.com/3927046/joe-biden-charleston-shooting-statement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted01e88b9a316723/69885532f887dcbc95e90fee/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack Obama, Joe Biden og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vice President Biden: My Heart 'Aches With Sorrow' for Charleston twitter:description: "Hate has once again been let loose in an American community." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted01e88b9a316723/69885532f887dcbc95e90fee/joe-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Vice President Joe Biden's Statement on the Charleston Shooting by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:57 PM UTCPublished: Jun 18, 2015 7:30 PM UTC  President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.Manuel Balce Ceneta—AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:57 PM UTCPublished: Jun 18, 2015 7:30 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden said Thursday that their “hearts ache with sorrow” in the wake of Wednesday’s church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, that left nine people dead. Their statement was released after President Obama’s remarks from the White House and after authorities confirmed the suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, 21, was apprehended in North Carolina. Here’s the full statement from the Bidens: --- > “” --- _Read next:_ [_Everything We Know About the Charleston Shooting_](http://time.com/3926112/charleston-shooting-latest/) ### Witness Charleston's Grief After 9 Killed in Church Race Attack  Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early on June 18, 2015, following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. David Goldman—AP  Charleston police officers search for a shooting suspect outside the Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015. Matthew Fortner—The Post And Courier/AP  The steeple of Emanuel AME Church is visible as police close off a section of Calhoun Street early on June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. David Goldman—AP  A man kneels across the street from where police gather outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015. Wade Spees—AP  Worshippers gather to pray down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015. David Goldman—AP  A passing motorist looks out her window as she stops at an intersection down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early on June 18, 2015 following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. David Goldman—AP  An FBI agent walks across the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015. 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