Father Dylann Roof Parents

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Father dylann roof parents.

Ben and amy roof have been named as the parents of dylann storm roof the 21 year old who opened fire inside emanuel african methodist episcopal ame church in charleston south carolina killing 9 people. Roof was born in 1994 to amelia and franklin b. Dylan was arrested today during a traffic stop in shelby north carolina. When dylann roof was 14 the rocky marriage of his father and stepmother began to unravel according to court records.

His dad bennett roof had recently moved the family back to. Carson cowles spoke with reuters on thursday afternoon while police were searching for roof telling reporters that roof s father had given him a gun as a 21st birthday present. Roof a construction contractor who liked to ride harleys. Cowles who said.

Little is known about roof s mother amelia amy roof other than her cowles family lineage and her previous marriage to roof s father franklin bennett benn roof. Pinckney and injured. Amber roof has also provoked. 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.

According to richland county family court records amy and benn were married in february 1988 and divorced in 1991 three years before dylann was born in 1994. It was dylann roof s father franklin roof who bought him the gun that he used to massacre nine churchgoers in charleston franklin married paige mann in 1998 when dylann was four and she was the. 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. The birth came three years after his parents had divorced.

Not only were adam lanza s parents divorced but he hadn t seen his father in the two years before the sandy hook shooting. As noted above roof s parents divorced even before he was born.