BREAKING NEWS: Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has been captured in Shelby NC, following a massive manhunt for the young white supremacist gunman that stretched across the Carolinas this morning.
Dylann Storm Roof, 21, has at least two prior arrests as an adult, but his juvenile record, if any, is confidential at this conjecture.
The suspect's uncle told Reuters News he recognized his nephew from police wanted-posters and in television reports of the Mother Emanuel church massacre.
He says the youth received a firearm -- presumably the murder weapon -- for his birthday this past spring.
According to sources familiar with the investigation, church shooter Dylann Roof had reportedly stated that he was aiming to "kill black people" when he entered the famous church last night, waited there for an hour, then stood up and opened fire on the small congregation.
Nine black parishioners, including a state senator, died from the spray of gunfire in a horrific mass slaying that’s been labeled a hate crime.
