Dylann Roof’s sister accused of bringing weapons to school
The sister of church shooter Dylann Roof was arrested for bringing drugs, pepper spray and a knife to her South Carolina school, authorities said.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department tells WIS-TV 18-year-old Morgan Roof was arrested Wednesday after an administrator at A.C. Flora High School had contacted a school resource officer.
Morgan Roof is charged with marijuana possession and two counts of carrying weapons on school grounds. A judge set her bond at $5,000, and she was screened for a public defender. She is not allowed to return to the school.
Investigators say Morgan Roof also posted a Snapchat that alarmed fellow students, but was not arrested for it.
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School principal Susan Childs posted a letter to parents on the school’s Twitter page explaining what occurred while students walked out to remember the 17 killed in last month’s Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
Dylann Roof was convicted of fatally shooting nine African American parishioners at a Charleston church in 2015.
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