Cops got Burger King meal for Charleston shooting suspect after arrest

Mike Gallagher

Jun 22, 2015 - 14:50

Jun 22, 2015 - 14:51

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Cops got Burger King meal for Charleston shooting suspect after arrest

Dylann Roof appears via video before a judge in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, June 19, 2015. The 21-year-old accused of killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston made his first court appearance. The killings of nine people at a black church i

Police officers who arrested mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof in Shelby Thursday took him in without incident, according to police Chief Jeff Ledford, and then bought him a meal at Burger King. (Source: Charlotte Observer)

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

Roof allegedly killed nine people at a prayer group at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.,the day before. Police said he took off after the shootings in his car, which has a Confederate States of America plate on the front.