Charleston Church Shooting

• From sanctuaries to soft targets: Houses of worship grapple with threat of attacks

  Houses of worship have traditionally been places of refuge where strangers are welcome.

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  Mar 16, 2019
  
• Ohio woman wrote to Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, plotted terrorist attack: authorities

  Elizabeth Lecron, 23, told undercover FBI agents that she wanted to carry out an "upscale mass murder" at a Toledo bar.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2018
  
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• Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof’s sister arrested for carrying weapons at school

  The sister of avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to die for the 2015 massacre at a historic South Carolina black church, was arrested for carrying weapons at a high school, according to police officials.

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  Mar 15, 2018
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• Nashville church shooter may have sought to avenge Charleston church murders: report

  A note in Emanuel Kidega Samson's car indicated a possible plot spurred by the killings of black worshippers in a historic African-American house of worship in Charleston.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2017
• Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof handed 9 consecutive life sentences

  Roof will be taken to a federal prison in another state, where he will await his execution.

  Crime

  Apr 10, 2017
• Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death

  The jury reached a decision after about three hours of deliberations.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2017
• Church shooter Dylann Roof tells jury there’s nothing wrong with him, offers no apology for killings

  The jury last month unanimously found Roof guilty of hate crimes and other charges in the shooting deaths of nine black church members during Bible study.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2017
• Judge orders evaluation for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof before sentencing

  A judge ordered another competency exam for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, who faces the death penalty for killing nine black parishioners last year.

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  Dec 29, 2016
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• Dylann Roof back in court for death penalty case hearing

  Dylann Roof may soon show how hard he intends to fight to save his life as prosecutors seek the death penalty for killing nine black worshippers in a hate crime at a Charleston church.

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  Dec 28, 2016
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• Dylann Roof will not use mental health defence to evade death penalty

  Dylann Roof will not ask jurors to take his mental health into consideration next month during the death penalty phase of his trial for killing nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina.

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  Dec 17, 2016