Dylann roof appears at a court hearing in charleston s c on july 16.
How did dillon roof get his gun.
A judge ruled thursday that roof accused of.
By elisha fieldstadt a jailhouse clerical blunder was one of several oversights that permitted dylann roof to buy the weapon he used to gun down nine people in a south carolina church last month.
Cnn and the new york times have both reported that roof bought the gun himself at a store in charleston.
In the video released by the shelby n c.
Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.
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He has been charged with nine counts of murder in a mass shooting inside the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston south carolina last wednesday.
By the editorial board.
South carolina is one of 40 states that do not require background checks for.
Dylann roof was apprehended between 10 and 11 am on 18 june 2015 and the circumstances under which he was provided with food from burger king prior to his arraignment were not entirely clear.
According to his uncle roof received a 45 caliber pistol from his father in april for his birthday reuters reports.
In the footage two officers.
Roof personally purchased the gun used in the shooting from a retail gun store in west columbia using money given to him on his birthday.
The washington post reported on july 10 2015 that fbi director james comey said that roof was able to purchase the gun used in the attack only because of lapses in the fbi s background check system.
The washington post and reuters have reported that roof received the gun as a birthday gift.
How dylann roof got his gun.
