Fbi director james comey says dylan roof was able to purchase the gun used in the charleston shooting because of a mistake with his background check.
Was dyllan roof interviewed by fbi before shooting.
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.
Charleston shooting suspect dylann storm roof got a last meal courtesy of cops before being hauled off to jail.
An unrepentant dylann roof by turns calm cooperative chilling and chortling confessed in a videotaped fbi interview to slaughtering nine black churchgoers in a premeditated attack.
Dylann roof sentenced to death 1st to get death penalty for federal hate crimes he was convicted of killing nine churchgoers at a bible study in charleston.
But roof thought there were four fewer than what was all alleged.
Fbi special agent michael stansbury who interviewed roof the day after the shooting testified today at roof s federal trial and roof s apparent video confession was played in court.
In shelby the fbi handled roof.
The source cited a charlotte observer article published three days earlier and headlined shelby police chief describes arrest of charleston shooting suspect.
Roof in interview said about eight were there around three tables.
In a videotaped interview with fbi agents after he was arrested in june 2015 roof told a similar story.
The fbi agent rehashes the interview and says that roof said their were 10.
Dylann roof confessed to the massacre at emanuel african methodist episcopal church according to an fbi video shown at his murder trial in charleston south.
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.
There is no basis for saying 10 as roof at no point in the interview stated 10 only eight.