Charleston Killer Captured

Dylann Roof - The 21-year-old white man suspected of shooting dead nine people at a black church in the southeastern US city of Charleston has been captured, media reports said Thursday.

Dylann Roof was taken into custody in North Carolina, according to CNN and two local television stations.

Charleston Church Shooting

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  Charleston, S.C., Church Shooting: Live Updates

  June 18, 2015

  What We Know

  • A gunman identified by city and federal law enforcement officials as Dylann Storm Roof, 21, opened fire at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the nation’s oldest black churches, on Wednesday evening, killing nine.
  • Police arrested the suspect in Shelby, N.C., a town east of Charlotte and just north of the South Carolina state line, after a 14-hour manhunt.
  • The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor and a state senator, was killed,according to the minority leader of the State House of Representatives.
  • The police said the other victims in theCharleston church shooting were six women and two men.
  • The Charleston police chief, Greg Mullen, called the attack a hate crime.