Is Dylann Roof

Police lead suspected shooter dylann roof into the courthouse in shelby north carolina on june 18 2015.

Is dylann roof. Grace beahm pool reuters april 22 2017 4 21 pm utc updated. Dylann storm roof was named by the federal bureau of investigation fbi as the suspected killer after his father and uncle contacted police to positively identify him upon seeing security photos of him in the news. Dylann roof letter shows no remorse 01 19. Roof was born in columbia south carolina and was living in largely african american eastover at the time of the attack.

Dylann roof on tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in south carolina arguing that he was mentally ill when he represented. State of south carolina. Dylann roof walks into the courtroom to enter his guilty plea on murder charges at the charleston county judicial center in charleston south carolina on monday april 10 2017. White supremacist mass murderer dylann roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row alleging in letters to the associated press.

Pinckney and injured. Dylann roof enters a state courtroom. Dylann roof is escorted into the court room at the charleston county judicial center in charleston south carolina april 10 2017. Jason miczek reuters file.

The white nationalist convicted of killing nine people at a historically black church in charleston south carolina believed his prison sentence was irrelevant because he would be freed after a. Friends say dylann roof made occasional racist comments though they never thought he d be accused of killing nine people in a black church. 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.