“Police in Charleston, South Carolina, have arrested a white gunman on Thursday who killed nine people in a historic African-American church, in an attack that police and the city’s mayor described as a hate crime.
“Law enforcement officials arrested alleged gunman Dylann Roof after a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina, about 350 km north of Charleston, said Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen.
“”This individual committed a tragic, heinous crime last night,” Mullen told reporters.
“Roof, a thin white man with sandy blond hair, has been caught in Shelby, North Carolina, a local television station and other news outlets reported on Thursday, after massive manhunt launched by local police with federal back-up.” – YT
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