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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:12 AM Jun 2015

Dylann Storm Roof: Police Name Suspect in Charleston Church Shooting

Source: WHOTV

CHARLESTON, S.C. — He’s white, slightly built and in his early 20s — and police say he walked into a Charleston, South Carolina, church and fatally shot nine people as they attended Bible study class.

Dylann Storm Roof, 21, is now at the center of a major manhunt.

Police released a flier Thursday morning with details of the suspect in the attack on the historic African-American church as they appealed for help to track him down as quickly as possible.

Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen told a news conference that officers “have obtained surveillance videos of the suspect in this case and a suspect vehicle.”

Read more: http://whotv.com/2015/06/18/dylann-storm-roof-police-name-suspect-in-charleston-church-shooting/



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Dylann Storm Roof: Police Name Suspect in Charleston Church Shooting (Original Post) Bosonic Jun 2015 OP
They'll dig up nothing but photos of him looking 'sinister' and 'disturbed.' onehandle Jun 2015 #1
No, that's what they do with black victims. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #2
Is that really necessary at THIS time???? Save your hate for some other time and place. George II Jun 2015 #7
you have an odd definition of 'hate' nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #14
I get it romanic Jun 2015 #19
Storm Front immediately came to my mind (Storm Roof) riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #3
The flag of apartheid-era South Africa on Dylann Roof's jacket LiberalArkie Jun 2015 #4
The other flag, as someone else noted, is of colonial Rhodesia. (now Zimbabwe) Chan790 Jun 2015 #8
He's in his jail orange jumpsuit CanonRay Jun 2015 #5
I read trespassing LiberalArkie Jun 2015 #6
Trespassing as LiberalArkie said ck4829 Jun 2015 #11
bowl haircut racist. Javaman Jun 2015 #9
Why aren't the networks reporting this? montanacowboy Jun 2015 #10
They are and they have! It's been ALL over the news this morning EVERYWHERE! George II Jun 2015 #15
He just got a gun for a birthday present in April Novara Jun 2015 #12
His daddy bought him a 45 handgun for his birthday.. Historic NY Jun 2015 #13
Grrr. This gun culture is truly insane. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #22
Sooner or later he will be in his car or a building w/the police closing in and ..... Botany Jun 2015 #16
Wow. This is so awful. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #17
Storm Roof? Is that a real name? cosmicone Jun 2015 #18
Middle name is not uncommon, reminds me of those old hippy names, Raine, Moonbeam, Forrest, etc uppityperson Jun 2015 #25
What is his freeper screen name? alfredo Jun 2015 #20
Next thing that will come out padfun Jun 2015 #21
don't forget the librul media ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #23
So will Limbaugh, Hannity et al. Boomerproud Jun 2015 #27
Yep get the red out Jun 2015 #26
Through no more than a youthful indiscretion, Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #24
Suspect in Charleston Church Shooting caught in Shelby, NC Bosonic Jun 2015 #28
Good news. We don't know the circumstances about why Shelby, but amazing.... George II Jun 2015 #32
CNN is now reporting that they have this guy in custody!!! George II Jun 2015 #29
just arrested in Shelby NC mercuryblues Jun 2015 #30
CNN says he is caught. nt cwydro Jun 2015 #31
So, will Hannity defend him? padfun Jun 2015 #33

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
1. They'll dig up nothing but photos of him looking 'sinister' and 'disturbed.'
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:13 AM
Jun 2015

The photos of him at gun ranges and at gun clubs will Never surface.

His NRA membership will be 'disappeared.'

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
2. No, that's what they do with black victims.
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:14 AM
Jun 2015

White perps get treated as misguided innocents who lost their way.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
19. I get it
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:47 AM
Jun 2015

There is a hypocrisy regarding white mass murderers and Muslim murderers, especially in the mainstream media.

But at the same time, some people overdo it and hijack a tragedy to push a narrative; it kind of reminds me of the Boston marathon bombings and how a lot of people were hoping that the attackers were white men with the same feverish desire as gambling on a horse race or something. :/

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
8. The other flag, as someone else noted, is of colonial Rhodesia. (now Zimbabwe)
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:28 AM
Jun 2015

He's fairly-clearly a white-supremacist (or more-precisely a black-inferiorist...though the difference may be splitting hairs)

Novara

(5,876 posts)
12. He just got a gun for a birthday present in April
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:32 AM
Jun 2015

And he's already got two arrests this year (trespassing, drug possession). Thanks, NRA, you murderous bastards.

Historic NY

(37,462 posts)
13. His daddy bought him a 45 handgun for his birthday..
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:33 AM
Jun 2015

South Carolina church shooter suspect got gun for birthday, uncle says

The man suspected of fatally shooting nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, was given a gun by his father as a 21st birthday present in April, his uncle told Reuters on Thursday.

Law enforcement officers were at the home of Dylann Roof's mother on Thursday morning, the uncle, Carson Cowles, said in an interview.

The FBI has identified the gunman in the deadly shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper said on its website.

Cowles said he recognized Roof in a photo released by police, and described him as quiet and soft-spoken. Roof's father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday this year, Cowles said. (Reporting by Emily Flitter; Editing by James Dalgleish)
by cassandra.garrison 10:27 AM

http://live.reuters.com/Event/US_Live_Blog

Botany

(70,666 posts)
16. Sooner or later he will be in his car or a building w/the police closing in and .....
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:41 AM
Jun 2015

.... he will face a choice on what to do. My bet is that he will "off himself."

No doubt the young man has deep mental issues but having the "stars and bars"
over the state capital building, hate radio, Fox News, and right wing racist web
sites along w/organizations I am sure helped to feed his inner demons.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)
17. Wow. This is so awful.
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:46 AM
Jun 2015

I just can't believe that people haven't noticed that these kids are really off. After they explode is way too late.

He really looks like the kid who dressed up as the Joker and shot all those people in the theater.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
18. Storm Roof? Is that a real name?
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:46 AM
Jun 2015

When will we see "Bobby Jet Liner", "Joe Steam Locomotive", "Billy Package Logo" and "Coy Plugn Play" from SC?

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
25. Middle name is not uncommon, reminds me of those old hippy names, Raine, Moonbeam, Forrest, etc
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:06 AM
Jun 2015

But in a more aggressive manner, like Thor or such. Combined with the popular Dylann, typical name. Notice the 2 ns though, shows they wanted a popular name but had to modify it to showc they weren't just copying everyone else.

His name is Dylann Roof, Storm is only his middle name.

padfun

(1,792 posts)
21. Next thing that will come out
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:59 AM
Jun 2015

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:37 AM - Edit history (1)

is his dad will blame liberal policies for his evil.

Boomerproud

(7,986 posts)
27. So will Limbaugh, Hannity et al.
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:13 AM
Jun 2015

Thanks for the .45 Daddy. When he is cornered, as other posters have said, he WILL off himself. Reads like a tired movie script.

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)
24. Through no more than a youthful indiscretion,
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:00 AM
Jun 2015

he's missed out on very promising career in the American police. Sic transit gloria mundi. A sad loss indeed for the police and legal officialdom alike.

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
28. Suspect in Charleston Church Shooting caught in Shelby, NC
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:20 AM
Jun 2015
SUSPECT IN #CharlestonChurchShooting caught in Shelby, NC. He's believed to have killed 9 ppl last night at a church

https://twitter.com/MegMRivers/status/611552652896436224

George II

(67,782 posts)
32. Good news. We don't know the circumstances about why Shelby, but amazing....
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:22 AM
Jun 2015

....that they found him so fast.

And he must have headed up there right away - it's a roughly five hour drive from Charleston.

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