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Video shows moment Charleston shooting suspect is arrested

Police have released dash cam video that captures Dylann Roof's arrest, as well as the 911 call that tipped off law enforcement to the mass shooting suspect's location
Authorities release dash cam video of Dylann Roof's arrest 02:24

Police dash cam videos show the moment that North Carolina officers pulled over Dylann Roof, one day after the 21-year-old allegedly opened fire in a historic black church in Charleston, killing nine people.

Investigation indicates Dylann Roof acted alone 01:51

In the video released by the Shelby, N.C. Police Department, Roof's Black Hyundai can be seen coming to a stop at the side of a road as multiple police cars converge.

In the footage, two officers can be seen drawing their guns as they approach the car. One of the officers puts his gun back in his holster as he approaches the driver's window. Roof, who is wearing a white T-shirt, dark shorts and boots, gets out of the car. The accused gunman is frisked and placed in handcuffs.

The video shows officers exchanging high-fives and fist bumps after Roof is arrested.

Charleston suspect's apparent hate-filled manifesto surfaces 02:29

One officer can be seen briefly scanning the interior of Roof's vehicle before the suspect is led away and placed into a police car. At least five officers are present during the arrest in Shelby, N.C. - more than 200 miles from the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, the site of the deadly shooting.

Police credit a local florist, Debbie Dills, as being the one who tipped them off to Roof's car, helping bring Roof into custody after an intense, nearly daylong manhunt.

Dills, who noticed Roof's car at a stoplight on Highway 74 while on her way to work, told CBS News that it was a matter of "divine intervention."

Roof, who faces nine murder charges, voiced racist views in a purported manifesto and told a friend that he had a plan to do something "for the white race."

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