Charleston Shooter 'Wanted to Start a Civil War' -Roommate: 'He Said He Was Going to Do Something Like That & Then Kill Himself'
Dylann Storm Roof
Chelsea Schilling / WND
A roommate of Dylann Roof, the man who allegedly shot and killed nine Christians at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday, said the gunman had been planning for six months to “start a civil war” by murdering innocent people and turning the gun on himself.
The roommate, Dalton Tyler, has known Roof for almost a year and saw him just last week, ABC News reported.
“He was big into segregation and other stuff,” Tyler said. “He said he wanted to start a civil war. He said he was going to do something like that and then kill himself.”
Another friend, Joey Meek, told ABC News that Roof was upset over the February 2012 Trayvon Martin case and “wanted something to spark up the race war again.”
Meek said he saw Roof on Tuesday, the day before the church massacre.
“He didn’t agree with some things and somebody had to do something about it,” Meek told ABC. “He said that he thought that blacks the blacks in general as a race was bringing down the white race.”
Authorities say they believe Roof acted alone.
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Meanwhile, black community activists fear the mass murder could spark race riots in Charleston, according to the Washington Times.
“We don’t need any more bloodshed and we don’t need a race war,” J. Denise Cromwell told the Times. “Charleston has a lot of racial tension. … We’re drowning and someone is pouring water over us.”
Cromwell told the paper the community is still shaken by the fatal April 4 police shooting of Walter Scott, a black man in North Charleston, which sparked widespread protests.
Black activist Michelle Felder, 58, also told the Times she was concerned Charleston’s young people “aren’t thinking” and could plan to get revenge for the killings.
“This is 2015, and we are still going through the same things we went through 50 years ago,” she said. “This is so sickening. We are so tired.”
Since the Wednesday shooting, religious and political leaders have been calling on the community to remain peaceful.
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