#BREAKING Source: Suspect in deadly Charleston, S.C., church shooting arrested in N.C. http://t.co/dDITrCHfPs
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 18, 2015
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof, 21, of Lexington, S.C., is the suspect in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the Charleston police said Thursday. He may be driving a black Hyundai with vehicle tag LGF330, police said.
Police say he walked into the church and fatally shot nine people as they attended Bible study class.
Witnesses told officials Roof — who is now at the center of a major manhunt, reportedly said he was at the church to shoot black people, a source told CNN.
Police released a flier Thursday morning with details of the suspect in the attack on the historic African-American church as they appealed for help to track him down as quickly as possible.
The suspect’s uncle, Carson Cowles, 56, told Reuters that he recognized the man in the surveillance photo distributed by police as his nephew.
“The more I look at him, the more I’m convinced, that’s him,” Carson Cowles, 56, told Reuters in a phone interview. Cowles also said Roof received a .45-caliber pistol as a birthday present in April.
According to Lexington County School District One, Roof attended White Knoll High School in Lexington, S.C., for one year, WCSC is reporting.
According to Lexington Dist. 1 — Roof attended high school at White Knoll for 1 yr.#CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/Wr8RJWVm21
— Lauren Van Liew (@levanliew) June 18, 2015
According to reports, Roof is currently out on bond in connection with multiple recent arrests on drug and trespassing charges.
“The following subject is wanted for the shooting that occured in Charleston at the Emanuel AME Church. Subject is Dylann Storm Roof w/m 4/3/1994 5’9″ 120 lbs. The subject should be driving a 2000 Hyundai Elantra GS, SC registration LGF330. The vehicle is dark-colored. Subject should be considered armed and dangerous and caution should be used if seen. “
Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen told a news conference that officers “have obtained surveillance videos of the suspect in this case and a suspect vehicle.”
Mullen said the suspect was a “younger white male between 21 and 25 years of age, 5-foot-9 in height” and “has a very distinctive sweatshirt that has markings.”
Surveillance image released by Charleston Police.
Mullen emphasized the suspect is “a very dangerous individual” and said “he should not be approached by anyone.”
Any people who recognize the suspect or spots the vehicle should alert law enforcement, he said, rather than trying to follow themselves.
Woman spared by shooter to give account?
A female survivor told family members that the gunman told her he was letting her live to tell everyone else what happened, Dot Scott, president of the local branch of the NAACP, told CNN.
Scott said she had not spoken to the survivor directly but had heard this account repeated at least a dozen times as she met with relatives of the victims Wednesday night. Scott added that she didn’t know if the survivor had ended up at the hospital or being questioned by police.
Because of the church’s historic significance, it is not unusual for visitors, whether white or black, to visit it, Scott said. She said she’d had no indication that any children were among the victims.
Mullen told the news conference the suspect had been in the church attending a meeting that was going on — and “stayed there almost an hour with the group before the actual event.”
But he declined to comment on whether the suspect had let one woman escape.
Surveillance image released by Charleston Police.
‘Distinctive’ license plate
The suspect was seen leaving the church in a black four-door sedan, the flier says. “The vehicle you will see has a very distinctive front license plate,” Mullen added.
He appealed for the media to help in circulating the suspect’s image and for the public to be vigilant. The clean-shaven man pictured wears a gray sweatshirt over a white T-shirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots.
“No one in this community will ever forget this night and as a result of this and because of the pain and the hurt this individual has caused this entire community, the law enforcement agents are committed and we will catch this individual,” Mullen said.
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley echoed that sentiment, saying everything must be done to find a culprit he described as “somebody filled with hate and with a deranged mind.”
The man is a “no-good, horrible person” who must be taken into custody as soon as possible, he said. “Of course we will make sure he pays the price for this horrible act.”
Wednesday night’s attack at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is being investigated as a hate crime. All the victims, who include the church’s pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, were black. Six of those killed were female and three male.
http://myfox8.com/2015/06/18/dylann-storm-roof-police-name-suspect-in-charleston-church-shooting/
MK Ultra?
Appears that way to me.
Scopolamine??
So, they can id and catch this guy in less than a day in ANOTHER state from the crime, yet 2 guys can escape from a maximum security prison in New York and disappear…
Things that make you go hmmm.
Through a steam pipe you would need a plunger to suck a baby through?!
This really is rich. Both stories have enough bs to clog that “24in” pipe they escaped through.
“According to reports, Roof is currently out on bond in connection with multiple recent arrests on drug and trespassing charges.”
‘Mullen emphasized the suspect is “a very dangerous individual” and said “he should not be approached by anyone.”
Well, I guess that’s why they let him out on bond…he was just way to dangerous to be to be held in a jail cell…lol. Just making it up as they go along…lol.
“According to reports, Roof is currently out on bond in connection with multiple recent arrests on drug and trespassing charges.”
And yet someone thought nothing of giving him a gun for a birthday present?
“The more I look at him, the more I’m convinced, that’s him,” Carson Cowles, 56, told Reuters in a phone interview. Cowles also said Roof received a .45-caliber pistol as a birthday present in April.
Come on, Really? They need some better script writers.
LOL. Good point Chili. He doesn’t look to happy wearing that jacket either.
“Cowles also said Roof received a .45-caliber pistol as a birthday present in April.”
Who was the background on?
better question is, why wasnt someone armed in that church? (please dont fall lock step with the stupid governments rules on gun ownership, if a criminal wants a gun they will get one , its our job to arrange the meeting with their maker, not make more laws for them not to follow)
there’s plenty of indications out there in this world that religion has been the reasons for a lot of killings , I never step foot in my church without being armed ..hey im a Christian not a fool or an easy target
““The more I look at him, the more I’m convinced, that’s him,” Carson Cowles, 56, told Reuters in a phone interview.”
Probably the first time the “uncle” ever looked at him or his photo anyway.
Kid had pending charges. Comped for participation perhaps?
Very similar to Springer and Povich theatrics, I am sure. Bro in law worked in CT and guests of these two “programs” would arrive every night and meet each in the hotel bar for the first time before filming. They would be bused in from other states and comped for their part. Most were strippers and those who would do anything for 15 minutes, regardless of how degrading. It’s not only scripted but they are complete strangers. Did I mention the owner of the hotel is a hasidic joo?
With a haircut like that, I’d be Pissed off too,,but he should of just shot the barber..
Didn’t they say he did not have a driver’s license, yet he was able to find and drive this car with a “distinctive license plate”.
Get this: Obama was speaking live about this…AT THE EXACT SAME TIME ON CSPAN THE TPA VOTE PASSED!
And I mean EXACT: you could toggle back and forth between them LIVE.
AND BTW…WAIT FOR IT:
– follow up stories on how he was “under watch” or “had contact with the FBI”, and how the FBI “dropped the ball” on this, etc…
– NO follow up stories on how NSA/DHS didn’t do their job again.
– stories of “friends” who knew him
– stories of how he was under doctor’s care with psychotropic drugs
– a HERO story about how someone at the church was a HERO and saved some people
– stories of how he was a rightwing white supremacist, nazi skinhead, etc….
– he “hates Jews” and is an “anti semite” (even though he supposedly shot blacks) and we need HATE CRIME AND GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION with an addendum to make it illegal to criticize Israel
– mention of “terrorist” and “terrorism” and “homegrown terrorist”
MIX AND MATCH THE STORIES ABOVE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE IN THE ZIONIST MEDIA CIRCUS THAT’S ABOUT TO ENSUE!!!
IT’S A F*CKING FORMULA!!!!!!!!! How can I predict all of this, if it isn’t a formula?
seems strange that you cant reach for your wallet with out a cop shooting you dead,, but this guy gets nabbed at a traffic stop and ends up handled with kid gloves ? that right there should tell you its bullshit
this shit is getting DEEP!
you mean to tell me that none of those cops “feared for their lives”?
He looks a little like Adam Lanza
I need more popcorn.