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.
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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.
Dylann storm roof confessed to killing nine people at a historic black church in charleston because he hoped it would start a race war the 21 year old from lexington south carolina was.
South carolina church shooting victims 16 photos roof walked to the podium less than 10 feet from the jury box with a yellow sheet of paper.
Dylann roof the white supremacist who killed nine black people at a south carolina church in 2015 has appealed his conviction and death sentence with lawyers arguing he was too mentally ill to.
Lawyers for dylann roof convicted of killing nine people at an historically black church in charleston say the then 22 year old was mentally ill and never should have been allowed to represent.
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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.
He could be sentenced to death.
Dylann roof appears via video before a judge in charleston s c on friday june 19 2015.
Dylann roof 21 was apprehended by shelby police on thursday.
A jury in charleston s c has found roof guilty on all 33 federal hate crime counts for murdering nine people in the basement of a historically black church in 2015.
During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c.
He put it down and looked past jurors for about 30.