CAPTURED: Shooter of South Carolina Church Members Identified as 21-Year-Old White Supremacist Dylann Roof

18 Jun, 2015 by Warner Todd Huston

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Late last night a white man walked into the traditionally black Emanuel AME Church (though not an exclusively black church) in Charleston, South Carolina, sat for an hour during a Bible study class, then pulled out a handgun and opened fire killing nine churchgoers. The FBI has officially identified the shooter as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof of Columbia, SC.

Police released a mugshot of Roof indicating that he has some sort of arrest record, though the extent of that record has yet to be made public.

.@FBI confirms that Dylann Roof, 21, of #Columbia area is suspect in #CharlestonShooting. #chsnews pic.twitter.com/FFYhF1CwYz

— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) June 18, 2015

There are unconfirmed reports that Roof made racial comments before he opened fire. One source says he said, “I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country. And you have to go.”

It is also reported that he reloaded at least five times during the assault.

Eight victims died at the site and one expired later at a local hospital.

Police say he’s armed and dangerous and may be driving a black Hyundai Elantra with South Carolina tags LGF330.

A Facebook photo of Roof from this year shows him wearing a jacket with patches representing the flags of Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe) and South Africa, both are African nations that imposed Apartheid laws on its population in the 1980s and 1990s.

Police know that he has at least one .45 caliber handgun (which was a gift from his father).

Dylann Roof was captured only moments ago in Shelby, North Carolina and is now in police custody.

Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, BigJournalsim.com and all Breitbart News' other sites, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, and many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs across the country to discuss his opinion editorials and current events as well as appearing on TV networks such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, and various Chicago-based news programs. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston and follow him on Twitter, on Google Plus , and Facebook.