Police release dash-cam footage of Dylann Roof's arrest

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Authorities in North Carolina have released raw dashboard-camera footage of police officers arresting Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old man accused of gunning down nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, last Wednesday.

The video shows officers approaching Roof's vehicle Thursday morning in Shelby, North Carolina, roughly 250 miles away from Charleston. He was arrested without incident. Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.