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Police bought Burger King meal for Charleston shooting suspect after arrest, report says

Posted at 8:26 AM, Jun 23, 2015
and last updated 2015-06-23 09:21:34-04

Shelby, N.C. – Police officers who arrested mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof in Shelby Thursday took him in without incident, according to police Chief Jeff Ledford. They then bought him a meal at Burger King, according to a report from WSOC-TV.

The 21-year-old reportedly had only had water and a bag of chips at a south Charlotte gas station that day, Ledford told WSOC-TV, and he was hungry.

Roof allegedly killed nine people at a prayer group at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.,the day before.

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