Charleston church shooting information

Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting
	People mourning the deaths at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church; image taken June 20 (three days post-shooting)
	Charleston Charleston church shooting (South Carolina) Charleston church shooting (the United States) Charleston, South Carolina
Location	Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Coordinates	32°47′15″N 79°55′59″W / 32.78750°N 79.93306°W
Date	June 17, 2015; 8 years ago ; c. 9:05 – c. 9:11 p.m. (EDT)
Target	African American churchgoers at a church congregation
Attack type	Mass shooting, mass murder, domestic terrorism, right-wing terrorism, hate crime
Weapons	Glock 41 .45-caliber handgun
Deaths	9
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Dylann Roof
Motive	White supremacy/nationalism; Neo-Nazism; Anti-black racism;
Verdict	Guilty on all counts
Convictions	33 federal counts; 13 state counts; ;
Trial	United States of America v. Dylann Storm Roof;
Sentence	Federal; Death (de jure); State; 9 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 95 years

The Charleston church shooting, also known as the Charleston church massacre, was an anti-black mass shooting and hate crime that occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in U.S. history and is the deadliest mass shooting in South Carolina history.

Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white supremacist, had attended the Bible study before opening fire. He was found to have targeted members of this church because of its history and status. In December 2016, Roof was convicted of 33 federal hate crime and murder charges. On January 10, 2017, he was sentenced to death for those crimes.^[1]^[2] Roof was separately charged with nine counts of murder in the South Carolina state courts. In April 2017, Roof pleaded guilty to all nine state charges in order to avoid receiving a second death sentence, and as a result, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He will receive automatic appeals of his death sentence, but he may eventually be executed by the federal justice system.^[3]^[4]

Roof espoused racial hatred in both a website manifesto which he published before the shooting, and a journal which he wrote from jail afterward. On his website, Roof posted photos of emblems which are associated with white supremacy, including a photo of the Confederate battle flag. The shooting triggered debates about modern display of the flag and other commemorations of the Confederacy. Following these murders, the South Carolina General Assembly voted to remove the flag from State Capitol grounds and a wave of Confederate monument or memorial removals followed shortly thereafter.

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^ "Victim's dad warns Dylann Roof: 'Your creator ... he's coming for you'". CNN. January 11, 2017. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ Marszal, Andrew (June 19, 2015). "Dylann Roof confesses to Charleston shooting as governor calls for death penalty". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
^ McLeod, Harriet (April 10, 2017). "Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to state murder counts". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
^ Knapp, Andrew; Darlington, Abigail (April 10, 2017). "Dylann Roof's 9 life sentences on state murder charges 'surest' route to federal execution, prosecutor says". Post & Courier. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[2] "Victim's dad warns Dylann Roof: 'Your creator ... he's coming for you'". CNN. January 11, 2017. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

[3] Marszal, Andrew (June 19, 2015). "Dylann Roof confesses to Charleston shooting as governor calls for death penalty". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2015.

[4] McLeod, Harriet (April 10, 2017). "Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to state murder counts". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[5] Knapp, Andrew; Darlington, Abigail (April 10, 2017). "Dylann Roof's 9 life sentences on state murder charges 'surest' route to federal execution, prosecutor says". Post & Courier. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

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Charleston church shooting
People mourning the deaths at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church; image taken June 20 (three days post-shooting)
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Location	Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Coordinates	32°47′15″N 79°55′59″W / 32.78750°N 79.93306°W / 32.78750; -79.93306
Date	June 17, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-17) c. 9:05 – c. 9:11 p.m. (EDT)
Target	African American churchgoers at a church congregation
Attack type	Mass shooting, mass murder, domestic terrorism, right-wing terrorism, hate crime
Weapons	Glock 41 .45-caliber handgun
Deaths	9
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Dylann Roof
Motive	White supremacy/nationalism Neo-Nazism Anti-black racism
Verdict	Guilty on all counts
Convictions	33 federal counts 13 state counts ^[a]
Trial	United States of America v. Dylann Storm Roof
Sentence	Federal Death (de jure) State 9 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 95 years

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