As we follow ongoing developments in Charleston, S.C., here are five key angles that caught our attention in the last 24 hours:
1. The tip
"I LOVE this story," said GetReligionista emeritus Mollie Hemingway. In an email, she told me that it "gets religion." Hey, that's what we're all about!
Kudos to the Shelby Star in Cleveland County, N.C., for reflecting the religion angle in its scoop:
Debbie Dills was running behind Thursday on her way into work at Frady’s Florist in Kings Mountain.
It was God’s way of putting her in the right place at the right time, the Gastonia woman said.
Dills and her boss, Todd Frady, made the initial calls around 10:35 a.m. that led to the arrest of suspected Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof in Shelby.
Later in the story, Dills talks more about her faith:
Dills, the minister of music at West Cramerton Baptist Church, said she had been praying for the victims in Charleston since the news broke last night.
“I was in church last night myself. I had seen the news coverage before I went to bed and started praying for those families down there," she said. "Those people were in their church just trying to learn the word of God and trying to serve. When I saw a picture of that pastor this morning, my heart just sank."
The Shelby Star deserves credit for allowing Dills to tell the story in her own words — including the religious angle.