December 9, 2016 Dylann Roof laughed during church slaying confession to FBI Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he picked a historic black church in Charleston he had learned about online.
December 9, 2016 Jury views Charleston church shooting suspect's confession: 'I had to do it' Prosecutors showed jurors video from a police interrogation in which Dylann Roof calmly admits to opening fire inside an historically black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
December 8, 2016 Charleston church shooting survivor calls Dylann Roof 'evil'; judge denies mistrial A federal judge has denied the defense’s motion for a mistrial in the capital murder case of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.
December 7, 2016 Trial of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof begins Dylann Roof sat quietly as the lead prosecutor in his death penalty trial described Wednesday how he allegedly opened fire on a dozen members of a Charleston church who had welcomed him to a bible study.
December 4, 2016 Dylann Roof to judge: Let lawyers back on death penalty case The white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church asked a judge on Sunday if he could have his defense team back, at least temporarily.
November 29, 2016 Accused South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof fires lawyers, to face judge A federal judge has made clear he wants to hear directly from the white man representing himself in the fatal shooting of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church.
November 25, 2016 Judge rules Dylann Roof competent to stand trial in church shooting The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.
November 12, 2016 Mom of suspected South Carolina serial killer says son is 'not a monster' The mother of a South Carolina man suspected of killing seven people says her son is "very misunderstood" but not a monster.
October 26, 2016 Jury convicts man of killing 4 tied to Nebraska medical school A former doctor was convicted Wednesday of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school, including the 11-year-old son of a faculty member there.
October 18, 2016 Colorado Planned Parenthood gunman claims he's been forcibly medicated A man charged with fatally shooting three people and injuring nine more at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs says he's been forcibly medicated at the state psychiatric hospital.