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Antioch Church Shooting Suspect Referenced Dylann Roof in Note

MOTIVATION?

Emanuel Kidega Samson allegedly shot and killed a woman, injured seven others.

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Police found a note in the car of a man charged in a Nashville church shooting that referenced retaliation for Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine people when he opened fire on a black church in Charleston, South Carolina two years ago. Emanuel Kidega Samson was arrested earlier this week for allegedly shooting and killing a woman and injuring seven others at a church on Sunday. Despite the note, police have not yet disclosed what they believe to have been Samson’s motivation.

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