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| Charleston shooting: System failure 'allowed Roof to buy gun' - FBI | Charleston shooting: System failure 'allowed Roof to buy gun' - FBI |
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| The man accused of killing nine black churchgoers in South Carolina last month was able to buy a gun due to a background check failure, the FBI says. | The man accused of killing nine black churchgoers in South Carolina last month was able to buy a gun due to a background check failure, the FBI says. |
| Dylann Roof should have been stopped from purchasing a weapon due to a felony charge, FBI chief James Comey told reporters on Friday. | Dylann Roof should have been stopped from purchasing a weapon due to a felony charge, FBI chief James Comey told reporters on Friday. |
| But he said the charge was either incorrectly entered into a background check system or mishandled by analysts. | But he said the charge was either incorrectly entered into a background check system or mishandled by analysts. |
| Roof is facing nine counts of murder over the 17 June attack in Charleston. | Roof is facing nine counts of murder over the 17 June attack in Charleston. |
| Speaking to reporters at FBI headquarters in Washington DC, Mr Comey outlined a series of missed opportunities and incomplete paperwork that allowed Mr Roof to buy a firearm. | |
| Mr Roof was charged with possessing drugs just weeks before the attack on the Emanuel AME Church, and police said he admitted to the offence. | |
| That admission should have been enough to stop him from buying a weapon, Mr Comey said, but the offence was incorrectly added to Mr Roof's record. | |
| This meant that the FBI analyst checking Mr Roof's background did not see it. "If she had seen that police report," Mr Comey said, "that purchase would have been denied." |