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Dylann Roof, 21, faces multiple charges including nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a weapons charge in the June 17 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Roof also has been indicted separately on 33 federal hate crime charges, some of which are punishable by the death penalty.
Dylann Roof appears at a court hearing in Charleston, South Carolina
State Solicitor Scarlett Wilson called Roof's actions "the ultimate crime that deserved the ultimate punishment," and said that while she took into account the desire of some victims' family members for forgiveness, she "appreciated that they all respected her decision to seek the death penalty."
Days after the massacre, authorities confirmed that Roof had posted a racist manifesto on his website, filled with racial stereotypes and diatribes against black, Jewish and Hispanic people. The site also was filled with photos of Roof holding a .45-caliber Glock pistol and a Confederate flag.
Death Penalty to Be Sought in Charleston Shootings
Or we Catholics can defend life even when it confounds popular opinion.He'll get the death penalty, but there is an other option since this is the South.
Give this man a ride to a black neighborhood and let him go.
Joseph Meek, 21, is an acquaintance of Roof's, and police believe he may have known about the shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston before it was committed in June. A "target letter" from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbia, S.C., was reportedly sent to Meek last month -- informing him of the investigation. Several of Meek's acquaintances -- including his 19-year-old girlfriend -- have testified before a grand jury, the Charlotte Observer reported.
Surveillance footage from the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shows alleged gunman, Dylann Roof, suspected in killing nine people at the Charleston, S.C., church on June 17.
Withholding information from authorities and lying to investigators are felony offenses. "I'm still reaping what he [Roof] sowed," Meek told a reporter from The State newspaper Tuesday. "I'm looked at like a criminal because of his actions." Roof has been charged with numerous counts of murder and attempted murder in the June 17 shootings. He also faces federal hate crime charges. If convicted, he could be put to death.
Meek told The State his letter was hand-delivered by an FBI agent and that he was severely shaken up to receive word he was under federal investigation. "I kind of broke down on the front porch in front of him," he said. Nine people were killed at the historic black church, including a South Carolina state representative who was also a pastor at the church. Investigators believe Roof planned the attack to instigate a race war between white and black people in the United States. Roof has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Friend of suspected Charleston gunman under federal investigation
