Charleston suspect Dylann Roof's alleged manifesto discovered online

Charleston suspect Dylann Roof's alleged manifesto discovered online
Man accused of church killings spoke of attacking college
Families of Charleston shooting victims to Dylann Roof: We forgive you
Why isn't suspected Charleston shooter Dylann Roof called a terrorist?
Website appears to show manifesto of Charleston shooting suspect
New York escapees on run as prison officer is suspended
Charleston church shooter planned first to attack college: media
Obama rejects mass shootings as 'new normal' in America

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 11:27 AM PDT

The white man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in South Carolina appears to have left a hateful screed on the Internet.

Man accused of church killings spoke of attacking college

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 09:14 AM PDT

A black drinking buddy of Dylann Roof says he told him a week earlier of his plan to shoot up a college campus.

Families of Charleston shooting victims to Dylann Roof: We forgive you

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:58 AM PDT

Relatives of the Charleston church shooting victims gave emotional statements during Dylann Roof's initial court appearance Friday, telling the accused murder suspect they forgive him.

Why isn't suspected Charleston shooter Dylann Roof called a terrorist?

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:41 PM PDT

Dylann Roof hoped that he would spark a "race war" by murdering nine African-American people in South Carolina, according to reports.

Website appears to show manifesto of Charleston shooting suspect

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 10:21 AM PDT

A website has surfaced with a racist manifesto and a series of photographs that appear to show Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday's Charleston church massacre, posing with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and a plantation house. Roof, a 21-year old white man, was arrested on Thursday and charged with the murders of nine African-Americans at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in downtown Charleston. Authorities say he spent an hour in Bible study with parishioners at the historically black church before opening fire on them on Wednesday evening.

New York escapees on run as prison officer is suspended

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:41 PM PDT

A New York state corrections officer was suspended on Friday in connection with the prison escape of two convicted murderers who have evaded capture for nearly two weeks, officials said. Authorities did not say whether they believed the corrections officer, whose name was not released, would face charges or if he was believed to have assisted in the breakout at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in the upstate New York community of Dannemora. The U.S. Marshals Service has put escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat on its 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List, and the manhunt, now in its 14th day, has widened to encompass the entire country.

Charleston church shooter planned first to attack college: media

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 12:24 AM PDT

The Washington Post reported 22-year-old Christon Scriven, a black neighbor of gunman Dylann Roof, said that during a recent night of drinking, Roof said he wanted to open fire on a school. "My reaction at the time was, 'You're just talking crazy,'" Scriven told the Post.

Obama rejects mass shootings as 'new normal' in America

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 07:36 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he refuses to accept the idea that regular mass shooting are "the new normal" in America but doesn't expect Congress to respond because of the influence of the National Rifle Association.