Everything Known About Charleston Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof

Daily Beast ^ | June 18, 2015 | Katie Zavadski

[Zakeet]

The man accused of killing nine inside a black church wore pro-apartheid flags, held ‘strong conservative beliefs,’ and made a ‘lot of racist jokes.’

Police said they have arrested Dylann Storm Roof, the suspected killer of nine people at an historic black church in Charleston. Roof, 21, is from Lexington, South Carolina and was taken into custody in Shelby County, North Carolina. At a press conference, police chief Greg Mullen said a citizen's tip led police to his car. He would not comment on whether weapons were found in the vehicle, but said Roof was "cooperative."

[Snip]

Roof’s father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday, according to uncle Charles Cowles. The uncle said he recognized Roof from the police photo and “described him as quiet and soft-spoken,” according to Reuters.

John Mullins, who went to high school with Roof, told The Daily Beast that he remembers him as being “kind of wild.”

“He used drugs heavily a lot,” Mullins said. “It obviously harder than marijuana. He was like a pill popper, from what I understood. Like Xanax, and stuff like that.”

[dfwgator]

He is obviously a sick boy

A bullet to the brain will cure him.

[dirtboy]

Roof was previously arrested on April 26 on a trespassing charge and was awaiting moderation. He was also recently arrested for possession of a controlled substance on March 3.

Roof’s father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday

Roof's birthday is April 3rd. So Pappa gave him a handgun a month after he was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

I think Pappa is looking at some SERIOUS jail time here.

[PATRIOT1876]

*Three people were killed and at least 22 others were wounded
in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, police said.
The men were standing in the 900 block of North Lorel about
6:20 p.m. when an armed male walked up and fired numerous shots, police said

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/06/15/three-killed-22-wounded-on-chicago-weekend-shootings/*

Funny how this happened in a Leftist town big on gun control...

... Odd how often shootings are in GUN FREE ZONES!

[PATRIOT1876]

*‘strong conservative beliefs,’
The narrative will change and quiet down over the next several days after his “true” affiliations come out, just like all the others.....bet on it. *

When they find out that he planned to vote Democrat in the next election...it won't be news on the mainstream networks.

The Democrat party is still the party of slavery...seems like this nut would be drawn to his heroes during the Civil War and Dixiecrats like ALgore’s dad in the 1960’s.

Doesnt sound Conservative to me.

[Popman]

You’re raping our women and taking over the country. You have to go.”

Based on his comments I would say a girl-friend or a girl he liked or maybe relative was involved with a black male and sexually assaulted...

Put him over the edge...

[meadsjn]

What ‘strong conservative beliefs’ ?

Deadbeat, druggie, insane, murderous, racist ... these are all liberal beliefs.

[TigersEye]

I gotta check the VRWC manual. I don’t see ‘strong conservative beliefs’ listed under being a druggie.

Neither is being "pro-apartheid."

"Like Xanax, and stuff like that.”

Many of Roof’s Facebook friends, including those from his high school, are black. The cousin of the church’s pastor who was killed quoted a survivor who said Roof told the church: “I have to do it. You’re raping our women and taking over the country. You have to go.”

Schizophrenic? Not a lot of info on him yet but things like that start to paint a picture.

[fortheDeclaration]

a little punk, nothing more.

[fortheDeclaration]

Probably under Obamacare.

[bjorn14]

I don’t think any black were killed in that bombing, just white people and a Chinese grad student.

[The people have spoken]

I don’t think any black were killed in that bombing, just white people and a Chinese grad student.

The point I was trying to make is that if the Boston bomber gets the death penalty for murdering 4 or 5 whites and Asians (and injuring many others), then it would be hard to justify a lesser sentence for Roof, assuming he is found guilty of murdering 9 black people.

[MrB]

I know I’m late to this thread, but...

has anyone actually listed these “strong conservative beliefs”?

I’m betting that those beliefs are fascist and/or nazi, and not in any way “conservative”.

[Jaded]

What is WRONG with this paragraph?

Sylvia Johnson, a cousin of the slain pastor, told MSNBC that she had spoken to one of the survivors who said the gunman had reloaded five times during the attack. When they tried to talk him into putting the gun down, she said: “He just said, ‘I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country.”

[spodefly]

"strong conservative beliefs"
"He used drugs heavily a lot ... "

Well? Which is it?

[Graybeard58]

I’d seen trollish remarks from her before and I’m not the first one to call her on it. It’s just a matter of time until she draws the attention of management.

[okie01]

The point I was trying to make is that if the Boston bomber gets the death penalty for murdering 4 or 5 whites and Asians (and injuring many others), then it would be hard to justify a lesser sentence for Roof, assuming he is found guilty of murdering 9 black people

That will be determined, however, by South Carolina law and a South Carolina jury.

The Boston bomber was tried in a federal court for a federal crime (terrorism). Roof will be tried in a South Carolina court for a state crime (murder).

[Drawsing]

What is wrong with this paragraph is that nobody tackled him while he was reloading.... 5 times.

[WayneS]

I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure it’s in the Benzodiazepine family.

[WayneS]

I’ll bet he ends up facing federal charges.