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.
How did dylan roof get a gun.
South carolina is one of 40 states.
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.
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 authorities said.
Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.
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.
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.
Federal gun laws prohibit.
Did police take dylann roof to burger king.
Dylann roof 21 was apprehended by shelby police on thursday.
According to his uncle roof received a 45 caliber pistol from his father in april for his birthday reuters reports.
Records show he was arrested and charged with felony drug possession earlier this year.
But roof didn t need to go to a dealership.
Charleston church shooter dylann roof was reportedly taken to burger king after he was arrested for murdering nine people.