Federal Charges Announced for Accused Charleston Shooter

According to a federal grand jury indictment issued Wednesday that makes him eligible for the death penalty, the man accused of killing nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina, was motivated by racial hatred and a desire to commit a "notorious attack" when he opened fire inside a historic house of worship last month. The 33-count federal indictment charges 21-year-old Dylann Roof with hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion in the June 17 shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The charges announced Wednesday by Attorney General Loretta Lynch are in addition to state murder charges brought against Roof days after the shooting. The Justice Department has not decided whether it will seek the death penalty against Roof, nor whether its prosecution will come prior to the state's case.