Little surprised he was not being kept in isolation, as he would be a likely target.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the massacre of nine parishioners at a Charleston church, was assaulted Thursday by a black inmate at the South Carolina jail where he is being held, a law official said.
Charleston County Sheriff’s Maj. Eric Watson told the Associated Press that it happened outside Roof’s cell Thursday morning.
Watson said the other inmate used his hands and no other weapons, and that the 22-year-old Roof was examined by jail medical personnel and then returned to his cell. The other inmate will be charged with assault. Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon was to hold an early afternoon news conference to discuss the assault.