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.
How did dylan roof get a gun.
Charleston church shooter dylann roof was reportedly taken to burger king after he was arrested for murdering nine people.
Did police take dylann roof to burger king.
Federal gun laws prohibit.
According to his uncle roof received a 45 caliber pistol from his father in april for his birthday reuters reports.
Dylann roof 21 was apprehended by shelby police on thursday.
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.
South carolina is one of 40 states.
But roof didn t need to go to a dealership.
His car had a confederate states of america plate on its front and a 45 caliber handgun inside the gun he got with birthday money from his parents.
According to federal gun laws roof should not have been able to purchase a gun.
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.
Dylann roof bought the semiautomatic handgun he used in last week s church shooting at a gun store 25 miles from his home according to officials familiar with the sale.
Despite having previously admitted to drug possession the man dylann roof 21 was allowed to buy the 45 caliber handgun because of mistakes by f b i.