About 9 52 a. M. , a male suspect drove a vehicle over the curb, west 19th, west of college avenue, struck pedestrians. He exited the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. Our officer was on scene in less than a minute and he ended the situation less than a minute. He engaged the suspect and he eliminated the threat. The suspect is doa. There were multiple injuries related to lacerations or cuts. Most likely, as chief said, from the stab wounds from the butcher knife. Then a number of people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by the car. Its our knowledge here that none of the individuals appear to have lifethreatening injuries at this time. Nearby students were told of the unfolding emergency with this chilling text message telling them to, quote, run, hide, fight. One witness described the suspect as just completely silent during that attack with his knife. As the chaos was unfolding earlier this morning, University Offici
young man accused of shooting and killing nine people while their eyes were closed mid-prayer at charleston mother emanuel ame church. a judge ruled he can and will serve as his own counsel. the judge told him his decision is, quote/unquote, strategically unwise. his attorney will remain on the case to advise him. it was june of last year that this man walked into this historically black church in downtown charleston, open fire on a bible study group, can killing nine people. joining me now, jennifer berry haas, reporter from charleston. right now she s writing a book about the church shooting, the church massacre. also with me, cnn legal analyst joey jackson.
so, thank you both for joining me. jennifer, beginning with you, how did he appear this morning in court and how did others in the room respond to him? sure. roof came into the courtroom wearing the gray and white prison or jail jumpsuit and sat at the defense table. normally he would expect him to be wearing street clothes when jury selection began. he sat down and very quickly the judge got into the defense motion to allow him to represent himself. the courtroom was about three rows were filled with victims families, survivors, including felicia sanders, whose voice i believe you heard a few minutes ago. they all sat very quietly and attentively and listened as he answered basic questions from the judge regarding understanding the charges
moussawi, 9/11. kyle ferguson, long island railroad. it s not without precedent but difficult for the families to sit through this as it goes on. jennifer, did you get a chance i don t know if you spoke with any family members in the courtroom today or talking to people, as this affected every fiber of their being in charleston, how are they reacting to know he would serve as his own counsel? i think the response has been very much the sale. i think there s a lot of concern that he may be directly questioning the survivors of the shooting, in particular. but polyshepherd and felicia sanders were both in the courtroom, both appeared very stoic and they are really strong, wise, faithful women. so i think that the concerns people have for their well-being are well-founded but i think they ll surprise people with how resilient they will be on the stands, based on what i know of