Roof Murders Charleston

Pinckney and injured.

Roof murders charleston.

He has been charged with nine counts of murder in a mass shooting inside the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston south carolina last wednesday. The shooter 21 year old dylann roof joined pinckney and members of his congregation for a bible study session on the night of june 17 before drawing a gun. Dylann roof 21 was apprehended by shelby police on thursday. Shooter dylann roof was convicted on federal hate crimes for which he was sentenced to death and also pleaded guilty to state murder charges.

Before the emanuel massacre he had posted a racist. Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s. Roof who is white is accused of shooting nine black people to death last year at a bible study meeting in a charleston south carolina church. A two hour video recording was introduced as.

File in this april 10 2017 file photo dylann roof enters the courtroom at the charleston county judicial center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in charleston s c. The charleston church shooting also known as the charleston church massacre was a mass shooting on june 17 2015 in charleston south carolina in which nine african americans were killed during a bible study at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church among those people who were killed was the senior pastor state senator clementa c. State of south carolina. A web site linked to dylann roof the man accused of shooting nine people wednesday in a charleston s c church includes chilling images and detailed racist rationale of his beliefs.

At the time of roof s arrest the charleston shooting was a worldwide headline and the case had already escalated to the level of a major news story.