CHARLESTON, S.C. (
) — The man alleged to be involved in a shooting that left nine people dead at a historic black church in South Carolina Wednesday is in custody, the US Attorney General confirmed late Thursday morning. Just after 6 p.m., he waived extradition and was back in South Carolina Thursday evening.
He was in court Friday and his bond was set at $1M. He is due back in court on October 23 and then again on February 5, 2016.
On Friday, CNN reported that Roof had confessed to police and said that he had wanted to start a "race war."
Roof was charged with nine counts of murder and one weapon possession charge, according to the Associated Press.
Authorities were searching for a suspect since the shooting late Wednesday night, and the FBI identified him Thursday morning as
. He allegedly shot and killed six women and three men during a service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Police arrested Roof during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina, about 45 miles from the shooting scene, Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said. Local police in Shelby made the arrest.
<< IMAGES: Shock, grief after 9 killed at historic black church in Charleston >>Roof sat and attended a service at Emanuel AME Church for nearly an hour before opening fire. He then left in a black sedan. Authorities believe the shooting is a hate crime. Shooting survivors say Roof stood up during the service and said he was there "to shoot black people,"
CNN reports.
One survivor recalled that Roof told her he wouldn't kill her, but that he was going to "spare" her, "so you can tell them what happened." An assistant clerk in North Carolina says an extradition hearing for suspect lasted just 10 minutes Thursday, and he waived his right to counsel. At the hearing, Roof waived his right to extradition and was flown back to South Carolina.
Waiving his right to counsel means Roof will either represent himself or hire his own lawyer.
On Thursday afternoon, a list of names of the victims were released. They are:
Cynthia Hurd, 54 years old
Susie Jackson, 87 years old
Ethel Lance, 70 years old
Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49 years old
The Honorable Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41 years old
Tywanza Sanders, 26 years old
Rev. Daniel Simmons St., 74 years old
Rev. Sharonda Singleton, 45 years old
Myra Thompson, 59 years old
<< Click here to learn more about each of the shooting victims. >>Court records show that Roof has one felony drug case pending against him, a past misdemeanor trespassing charge and no other criminal record in the state. In April, state police say that Roof was arrested for misdemeanor trespassing in Lexington County. No further details on that charge were immediately available.
