South Carolina church shooter suspect got gun for birthday: Uncle

June 18, 2015 20:03

The man suspected of fatally shooting nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, was given a gun by his father as a 21st birthday present in April, his uncle said.

The FBI has identified the gunman in the deadly shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper said on its website. Cowles said he recognised Roof in a photo released by police, and described him as quiet and soft-spoken. Roof's father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday this year, Cowles said.

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