The man accused of carrying out a racially-charged attack at the historic Charleston Emanuel AME Church last year was punched by another inmate at a South Carolina jail on Thursday.
Dylann Roof, 22, was attacked after being let out of his cell to take a shower on Thursday morning, according to Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon.
It was then that fellow inmate Dwayne Stafford, who is African American, ran down a set of stairs to go after Roof and punched him “a number of times and assaulted him quickly,” Cannon said at a press conference. Cannon did not confirm whether or not the attack was motivated by race, according to AP.