Dylann Storm Roof Wanted In Mass Murder Hate Crime In S. Carolina Arrested

The 21-year-old White suspect who fatally shot S. Carolina Pastor and State Senator Clementa Pinckney (D) and 8 other people inside a church on what police are calling it a mass murder hate crime has been taken into custody. Eight died at the scene and one at a local hospital.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 18, 2015

Charleston, S. Carolina - On Thursday, the FBI confirmed that Dylann Storm Roof, 21, of Eastover wanted in connection with the cold blooded murder of 6 women and three men, including Pastor and State Democrat Senator Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, has been arrested in Shelby, N. Carolina.

Police on Wednesday confirmed, that Pastor and State Senator Pinckney and his sister were among 9 people killed around 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 110 Calhoun St. in Charleston, S. Carolina by Roof. Eight of the victims died at the church during a bible study and one died at a local hospital.
Police are investigating the mass murder as a hate crime.

According to surviving witnesses, Roof came in during a prayer service on Wednesday and sat next to Pastor Pinckney. After the service, Roof took out a weapon and began to shoot people. He reloaded five times and said, that Afro-Americans rape women and are taking over the country and they should go, according to a witness.

The Mother Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church deceased victims were identified as:

● Depayne Middleton Doctor, 49

● Cynthia Hurd, 54

● Susie Jackson, 87

● Ethel Lance, 70

● Clementa C. Pinckney, 41

● Tywanza Sanders, 26

● Daniel Simmons Sr., 74

● Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45

● Mira Thompson, 59