After being captured in North Carolina, nearly 300 miles from the church where he allegedly murdered nine people, Dylann Roof is heading back to Charleston.
Dylann Storm Roof reportedly told neighbors that he planned a murderous attack before proclaiming during the shooting that he was there to “kill black people.”
Defining Wednesday's massacre at a South Carolina church as a hate crime would likely have little impact on the punishment, but the label is important nonetheless.
The lead suspect in the deadly shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, was carrying suboxone, which is used to treat opiate addiction.
The president described Emanuel AME Church Thursday as a "sacred place in the history of Charleston and in the history of America."
At least two of the shooting victims were longtime members of the church, including one who worked there for 30 years.
Public school records show the suspect transferred multiple times between districts and finally dropped out of high school.
"There is something particularly heartbreaking about death happening at a place in which we seek solace and we seek peace," Obama said.
The Westboro Baptist Church said Hillary Clinton is responsible for the killings.
The print advertisement promotes a special for 50 rounds of ammo at a nearby shooting range in Summerville.
Authorities caught the 21-year-old in Shelby, North Carolina, hours after he allegedly killed nine people at a South Carolina church.
The girl, who has not been identified, was among only four out of 13 at a prayer service to survive what has been deemed a hate crime.
A South Carolina politician recently argued that law-abiding citizens should be able to carry concealed weapons without permits because criminals already do.
After police released a surveillance camera photo, Roof was allegedly recognized by his uncle, who described him as "quiet, soft-spoken."
Police suspect the 21-year-old of killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Social media users questioned whether the Charleston, South Carolina, shooting at an African-American church would prompt the confederate flag’s removal.
In July 2014, the KKK distributed leaflets to a South Carolina neighborhood that said “Save Our Land, Join the Klan."
Clementa Pinckney was the youngest black man to be elected to South Carolina's legislature.
The suspect, believed to be a young white man, opened fire at a historic black church in Charleston.