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A Timeline of Emanuel AME Church Shooting in Charleston

Posted byBy A Moore | Published on: | Updated on June 22, 2015 CommentsComments (0)

Charleston Church Shooting Timeline

 

 

12:15 a.m. June 22 – Charleston Church Massacre Exposes Republican Ties to White Supremacist Groups

 

11:20 a.m. June 21 – Funeral services held for Charleston Church Shooting Victims

 

1:45 p.m. June 20 – Emanuel AME Church to re-open for Sunday morning service

 

11:00 a.m. June 20 – Website With Racist Manifesto and Photos of Charleston Shooting Suspect Surfaces

 

7:39 a.m. June 20 – Charleston Judge Has History of Racist Language

 

2:39 p.m. June 19 – $1M bond set on weapons charge; bond not set on murder charges

 

2:21 p.m. June 19  – Charleston judge makes bizarre reference to Dylann Roff’s family as victims

 

2:220p.m. – Dylann Roof faces Charleston judge for bond hearing

 

12:45 p.m. June 19 – NAACP National President, Cornell Brooks, speaks on church shooting in Charleston

 

10:00 a.m. June 19 – Dylann Roof charged with nine counts of murder

 

7:30 a.m. June 19 –  Dylann Roof makes ‘Race war’ confession

 

7 a.m. June 19 – Governor calls for death penalty

 

7:30 p.m. June 18 – Roof booked, new mug shot released

 

6:20 p.m. June 18 – Roof extradited to Charleston

 

3 p.m. June 18 -Victims identified 

 

12:30 p.m. June 18 – President Obama speaks

 

11:25 a.m. June 18 – Suspect taken into custody

 

8 a.m. June 18 – Suspect identified

 

6 a.m. June 18 – Suspect pictures released  

 

1 a.m. June 18 – Nine reported dead 

 

9 p.m. June 17 – Suspect opens fire during prayer meeting at Emanuel AME Church, police respond to shooting.

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