On March 31, 2017, Roof agreed to plead guilty in South Carolina state court to all state charges pending against him-nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony-to avoid a second death sentence. On December 15, 2016, Roof was convicted in federal court of all 33 federal charges (including hate crimes) against him stemming from the shooting on January 11, 2017, he was sentenced to death for those crimes. He also claimed in the manifesto to have developed his white supremacist views after reading about the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin and black-on-white crime. The website contained photos of Roof posing with symbols of white supremacy and neo-Nazism, along with a manifesto in which he outlined his views toward black people, among other peoples. Three days after the shooting, a website titled The Last Rhodesian was discovered and later confirmed by officials to be owned by Roof. Roof's actions in Charleston have been widely described as domestic terrorism. He later confessed that he committed the shooting in hopes of igniting a race war. After several people identified Roof as the main suspect, he became the center of a manhunt that ended the morning after the shooting with his arrest in Shelby, North Carolina. During a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Roof killed nine people, all African Americans, including senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crimeДylann Storm Roof (born April 3, 1994) is an American white supremacist, neo-Nazi and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the Charleston church shooting on June 17, 2015, in the U.S.Use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence (9 counts).Obstruction of exercise of religion involving an attempt to kill and use of a dangerous weapon (3 counts).Obstruction of exercise of religion resulting in death (9 counts).

Hate crime act involving an attempt to kill (3 counts).Hate crime act resulting in death (9 counts).White supremacy, Neo-Nazism, desire to start a race warДЄp(state agreed to plead guilty on March 31, 2017) Perpetrator of the Charleston church shootingДЇound guilty of all charges and sentenced to death in federal court, pleaded guilty to all counts in state court and received nine life sentences without parole currently awaiting execution at United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana

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