How Dylann Roof Got His Gun

During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c.

How dylann roof got his gun.

It s unclear what kind of gun roof allegedly used in the attack but cowles tells the paper roof got a 45 caliber for his 21st birthday on april 3. Dylann roof the man accused of a shooting spree that left nine people dead at a historic black church in charleston wednesday night should not have been able to get a gun. Police soon arrested dylann roof a 21 year old. Last month gunshots took the lives of nine people attending a bible class at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston s c.

Pinckney and injured. Cnn and the new york times have both reported that roof bought the gun himself at a store in. 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. Roof was thrilled when his dad gave him a 45.

There are conflicting reports on how roof obtained the gun he s accused of using to kill nine people. Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s.