Law enforcement sources have revealed...
The
terribly tragic story of the Charleston church massacre has just gotten
even more sad and sickening, if what a South Carolina law enforcement
source has just disclosed turns out to be true.
CNN is reporting that 21-year-old Dylann Roof, accused of the cold-blooded murder of nine people attending Bible study at the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, has confessed to the horrific crime. And he has reportedly given a reason for his premeditated massacre — he wanted to start a race war.
Now charged with nine counts of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, Roof is said to have admitted to investigators that he was the man with the gun on Wednesday night. He also reportedly confessed that his murder of nine people at the Emanuel AME Church was intended to turn whites and blacks against each other in bloody confrontation. CNN reports:
Later this afternoon, Roof — who was apprehended in North Carolina
some 200 miles away from the crime scene and transported back to
Charleston — is expected to have a bond hearing in a South Carolina
court.
CNN is reporting that 21-year-old Dylann Roof, accused of the cold-blooded murder of nine people attending Bible study at the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, has confessed to the horrific crime. And he has reportedly given a reason for his premeditated massacre — he wanted to start a race war.
Now charged with nine counts of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, Roof is said to have admitted to investigators that he was the man with the gun on Wednesday night. He also reportedly confessed that his murder of nine people at the Emanuel AME Church was intended to turn whites and blacks against each other in bloody confrontation. CNN reports:
CNN’s Evan Perez and Wesley Bruer were the first to report Roof’s confessing and offering his divisive rationale. Others earlier gave a glimpse into his twisted motivations — including at the site of the shooting, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
There, a survivor told Sylvia Johnson that Roof answered one man’s pleas to stop by saying, “No, you’ve raped our women, and you are taking over the country … I have to do what I have to do.”Fox8 TV is reporting that two unnamed law enforcement officials involved in the investigation have revealed that Roof claims to have bought the .45 caliber handgun he used in the killings. The suspect’s revelation that he himself purchased the murder weapon from a gun store would seem to let his father off a potential legal hook, as earlier reports indicated Roof’s dad had given him a gun for his 21st birthday.
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