Charleston Shooting Suspect Is Reportedly 21-Year-Old Dylann Roof

21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof

CHARLESTON, S.C. - A federal law enforcement source has identified the man suspected of killing nine people inside a historic black church on Wednesday evening as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof. He was captured Thursday morning in Shelby, N.C.

The Department of Justice is investigating the massacre as a hate crime.

The shooting took place at the Emanuel AME Church. According to Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen, the suspect attended the meeting at the church Wednesday night and stayed for nearly an hour before allegedly opening fire.
                                      
CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues reports from Charleston that three people survived the shooting, but police released few details about their condition. Among the dead are three men and six women.

Photograph shared by a Facebook friend of Dylann Storm Roof

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In a photograph posted to Roof's Facebook page, he is wearing a jacket with two patches on it. One is the apartheid-era South Africa flag, the other is the flag of Rhodesia, the African nation that was renamed Zimbabwe after white rule was ended.

Another photograph being circulated by Roof's friends depicts the suspect posing in front of a car with front license plate reading "Confederate States of America."

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