FBI: Accused Charleston church shooting suspect is "no longer a danger" after arrestPosted: Jun 19, 2015 3:24 AM
Updated: Jun 19, 2015 7:32 AM
By Chris Dyches
SHELBY, NC (WBTV) - The FBI says the man accused in a deadly church shooting, that left nine people dead, in South Carolina is "no longer a danger" after he was arrested in North Carolina Thursday morning.
Officials say 21-year-old Dylann Roof was arrested in Shelby just before 11 a.m. after he was spotted driving near a business in Kings Mountain.
Roof is accused of opening fire in the Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, Wednesday night.
According to police, nine people were killed after shots were fired during a prayer meeting inside Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street around 9:05 p.m. Police Chief Greg Mullen said officers arrived to find eight people dead inside the church. A ninth victim died later at a nearby hospital.
"That awful person, that terrible human being who would go into a place of worship where people were praying and kill them -- is now in custody where he will always remain," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said in a press conference.
Elder James Johnson, President of the Charleston Chapter of the National Action News, said SC Senator Clementa C. Pinckney was one of the nine shot and killed inside the church. Pinckney, 41, served as pastor for Emanuel AME in addition to his role as a state senator for District 45.
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