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Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof captured amid hate crime investigation

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June 18, 2015 at 9:17 p.m. EDT
Dylann Roof, 20, who is suspected of killing nine people at a historic African American church in Charleston, S.C., was moved from a jail in Shelby, N.C., where he was arrested. (Video: Reuters)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof, who police say opened fire and killed nine people during a prayer meeting at a historic African American church here, was arrested Thursday, more than 13 hours after the chilling attack.

Roof, a 21-year-old high-school dropout from Eastover, S.C., was taken into custody in North Carolina not long after law enforcement officials identified him as the sole suspect in the Wednesday night massacre, the deadliest attack on a place of worship in the United States in 24 years.