Charleston church shooting: Difference between revisions

==Perpetrator==

{{Main|Dylann Roof}}

Dylann Storm Roof<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www5.rcgov.us/SCJDWEB/PublicIndex/PIError.aspx?County=40&CourtAgency=40216&Casenum=36973HB&CaseType=C&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=State of South Carolina vs Dylann Storm Roof}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was named by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) as the suspected killer after his father and uncle contacted police to positively identify him upon seeing security photos of him in the news.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/19/arrest-warrant-for-dylann-roof-for-charleston-shooting/28997521/|title=Dylann Roof's father, uncle called police to ID him in church shooting|work=USA Today|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2015|first=Donna Leinwand|last=Leger}}</ref> Roof was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], and was living in largely African-American [[Eastover, South Carolina|Eastover]] at the time of the attack.<ref name="WashingtonPost-SuspectCaptured-2015" /> Roof had a prior police record consisting of two arrests, for trespassing and drug possession, both made in the months before the attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2015/06/18/dylann-storm-roof-arrested-in-north-carolina-according-to-report/|title=Dylann Storm Roof arrested in North Carolina|publisher=[[KFOR-TV|KFOR]]|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Old|first1=Jason|title=Police: Dylann Roof arrested for trespassing, drug possession at Columbiana Centre|url=http://www.wistv.com/story/29353220/police-dylann-roof-arrested-for-trespassing-drug-possession-at-columbiana-centre|publisher=WISTV.com|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> According to then [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Director]] [[James Comey]], a police report detailing Roof's admission to a narcotics offense should have prevented him from purchasing the weapon used in the shooting. An administrative error within the [[National Instant Criminal Background Check System]] (NICS) excluded Roof's admission (though not the arrest itself) from appearing on his mandatory background check.<ref name="Nakashima10July" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33487577|title=Charleston shooting: System failure 'allowed Roof to buy gun' - FBI|date=July 10, 2015|access-date=July 10, 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref>