Pinckney and injured.
Why was dylann roof allowed to purchase guns.
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.
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.
Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.
The claim that roof was legally disqualified from buying a gun is based on a provision of federal law that prohibits selling a firearm to someone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any.
Chuck burton ap the south carolina.
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.
Because of his criminal record roof would not have been able to buy a gun from a store.
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.
Comey said flaws in paperwork and communication between a federal background check worker and state law enforcement allowed dylann roof to buy a handgun in south carolina on april 16 weeks before.