Thursday, June 18, 2015

Here Is What We Know About The Suspect In The Charleston Church Massacre

Police said they are searching for 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof in connection with the shooting.

The suspect in the shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church that killed nine people has been identified by authorities as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof.

The suspect in the shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church that killed nine people has been identified by authorities as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof.

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Authorities said Roof may be driving a black Hyundai and was last seen dressed in a grey sweatshirt and jeans.

Court records show that Roof has been arrested at least two times in the last few months.

On March 2 he was picked up in Lexington County and booked on drug possession charges and then on April 26, he was arrested in Richland County for trespassing, according to court records.

An uncle of Roof's told Reuters he recognized him in the surveillance photo.

"The more I look at him, the more I'm convinced, that's him," said Carson Cowles, 56.

The flag patches on Roof's jacket represent two white rule era African states. The top flag represents apartheid-era South Africa, which held its first free elections in 1994.

The bottom flag represents Rhodesia, a former British colony which was under white rule until 1979, after which it became Zimbabwe.


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