Roof Shooting Charleston

Roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death for fatally shooting nine black church members at emanuel ame church in charleston south.

Roof shooting charleston. 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. He reportedly spent an hour at a prayer meeting before opening fire killing. Friends say dylann roof made occasional racist comments though they never thought he d be accused of killing nine people in a black church. Convicted charleston church shooter dylann roof was given nine consecutive life sentences in state prison after he pleaded guilty to state murder charges monday leaving him to.

Five years ago dylann roof walked into emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston south carolina and joined parishioners for 40 minutes of bible study before gunning down nine of. A two hour video recording was introduced as. During a routine bible study at the church a white man about 21 years old later identified as roof opened fire with a handgun killing nine people. Roof who is white is accused of shooting nine black people to death last year at a bible study meeting in a charleston south carolina church.

Roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death for fatally shooting nine black church members at emanuel ame church in charleston.