Daily Mail: Race-Hate Massacre Suspect CAPTURED: Gunman Who 'Shot Nine People Dead' At historic South Carolina Black Church After Telling Them 'You're Taking Over Our Country' Is Taken Into Custody By Cops
* Dylann Roof opened fire at the historic Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina around 9pm on Wednesday, killing nine people - three male victims and six females
* He fled from the scene but was caught in Shelby, North Carolina on Thursday morning after a member of the public called cops with a report of suspicious activity
* It has emerged that Roof had entered the church around an hour before the shooting and had joined the bible study group before suddenly opening fire
* He let one woman escape so she could tell the world what happened while a child survived by playing dead
* Among the dead is 41-year-old Reverend Clementa Pinckney, pastor of the church and a South Carolina state senator who leaves behind a wife and two young daughters
* Obama called the killings 'senseless' and said it again highlighted the need for gun control
* The U.S. Attorney's Office has launched a hate crime investigation
The white gunman who allegedly shot dead nine people during a bible study meeting at an African-American church in South Carolina last night has been caught in North Carolina.
Dylann Storm Roof, who sparked an overnight manhunt after fleeing the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Shelby just after 11am.
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