Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty For Dylann Roof In Charleston Shootings

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Sheby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people Wednesday night at the... Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Sheby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people Wednesday night at the historic The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) MORE LESS
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Court documents indicate that South Carolina prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who is charged with the murders of nine parishioners he allegedly gunned down at a Charleston church in June, the Associated Press reported.

Roof was indicted of both federal and state charges, both of which could carry the death penalty.

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