Murder nine people. F. B. I. Agents met with the victims families today to explain what happened, and we asked kris van cleave to explain it to us. Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey called the mistake heartbreaking and said we are all sick this has happened. We wish we could turn back time. On april 11th, dylann roof went into this South Carolina gun store to purchase a glock handgun. The transaction triggered an automatic federal battleground check. An f. B. I. Examiner pulled roofs arrest shed and saw an earlier arrest, but she did not see this incident report where roof admitted having the drugs. That confession should have disqualified him from buying a weapon. The examiner never got the report because she couldnt track down the Proper Police department, so she marked roofs case as pending and proved on to other cases. Under the law, if a background check remains unresolved after three day, the sale can proceed and thats exactly what happened. Roof completed his purchase on ap
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today in the shadow of the South Carolina state house it t. Took an honor guard just 36 seconds to lower a symbol that has divided this nation for a century and a half. The applause was thunderous and sustained. Look at the crowd. After 54 years the confederate battle flag was brought down from the site for the very last time. It was a swift and dramatic turn in history. Born of the racist murders of nine members of a black church in charleston less than a month ago by a man who embraced that flag. Tonight we have two reports. Ron allen starts us off from columbia. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. All that remains of Confederate Flag here now is the concrete slab behind that monument on the ground that the flag pole used to stand in. A flag that for more than 50 years as one editorial writer put it, signaled to about a third of the
Apartment. With one 4yearold girl saying she average 14yearold girl saying she averaged 200 a day for providing sexual services. Back live, we spoke with the d. C. Earlier and they are concerned that there are other teenage, underage victims in this case. So they are asking parents to speak with the children and give them a call. Both of the individuals are now locked up behind bars. Reporting live from southeast jennifer donelan, abc7 news. Jonathan new tonight a background check that should have stopped accused Charleston Church gunman dylann roof buying a gun in the first place failed. F. B. I. Director said the paperwork from the arrest weeks earlier wasnt completed properly. That one report should have disqualified roof from obtaining a handgun usedded in the massacre of nine people inside predominantly africanamerican church. They ordered a full review of the f. B. I. Background check system. History outside the South Carolina state house. You can hear the cheers as the honor gua
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today in the shadow of the South Carolina state house it took an honor guard just 36 seconds to lower a symbol that has divided this nation for a century and a half. The applause was thunderous and sustained. Look at the crowd. After 54 years the confederate battle flag was brought down from the site for the very last time. It was a swift and dramatic turn in history. Born of the racist murders of nine members of a black church in charleston less than a month ago by a man who embraced that flag. Tonight we have two reports. Ron allen starts us off from columbia. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. All that remains of the Confederate Flag here now is the concrete slab behind that monument on the ground that the flag pole used to stand in. A flag that for more than 50 years as one editorial writer put it signaled to about a third of the states populatio
Murder nine people. F. B. I. Agents met with the victims families today to explain what happened, and we asked kris van cleave to explain it to us. Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey called the mistake heartbreaking and said we are all sick this has happened. We wish we could turn back time. On april 11th, dylann roof went into this South Carolina gun store to purchase a glock handgun. The transaction triggered an automatic federal battleground check. An f. B. I. Examiner pulled roofs arrest shed and saw an earlier arrest, but she did not see this incident report where roof admitted having the drugs. That confession should have disqualified him from buying a weapon. The examiner never got the report because she couldnt track down the Proper Police department, so she marked roofs case as pending and proved on to other cases. Under the law, if a background check remains unresolved after three day, the sale can proceed and thats exactly what happened. Roof completed his purchase on ap