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Video: ‘I forgive you’ families of slain Charleston victims say to shooting suspect

By Deseret News
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Family members of the victims of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church comfort one another during a memorial service, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

Family members of the victims of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church comfort one another during a memorial service, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

David Goldman, Associated Press
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Two women pray with an elderly family member of one of the shooting victims during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

Two women pray with an elderly family member of one of the shooting victims during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

Curtis Compton, Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
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A campus police officer hugs a family member of a shooting victim during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

A campus police officer hugs a family member of a shooting victim during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

Curtis Compton, Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
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Family members of the victims of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church comfort one another during a memorial service, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Two women pray with an elderly family member of one of the shooting victims during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
A campus police officer hugs a family member of a shooting victim during a memorial service for the nine people killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

"I forgive you."

"...Hate won't win."

These are some of the messages from family members of shooting victims to Dylann Roof, Friday.

Read more about this by the Associated Press.

Watch the video here.

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