A former high school classmate of Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof tells the Daily Beast Roof was a prescription pill abuser who “made a lot of racist jokes.”

Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old accused of killing nine people in a Charleston, S.C. church last night, has reportedly been arrested in Shelby, North Carolina.

The uncle of Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof says his nephew is a “monster” who was given a .45-caliber gun for his birthday this April.

Sylvia Johnson, who is reportedly a cousin of the reverend killed during last night’s shooting in Charleston, told NBC News that one of the survivors told her the gunman reloaded fives times and told a victim, “I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country. And you have to go.”

The man suspected of killing nine people last night at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., sat with his victims for an hour before opening fire, authorities said this morning. The Post and Courier reports that the suspect, a white man in his early 20s, took part in a nighttime prayer meeting at the church.

Last night, a still-unidentified gunman opened fire in Charleston’s historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church, killing nine. The suspect, who police say is a white man in his early 20s, remains at large. Our liveblog about the shooting, its victims, and the manhunt for the suspect is below.