Dylann Roof's sister arrested for having drugs and weapons at school

By Joe Sutton and Nicole Chavez, CNN
Updated 0657 GMT (1457 HKT) March 15, 2018

(CNN) — The sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was arrested Wednesday on charges of bringing weapons and drugs to her South Carolina high school, authorities said.

Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested after a school resource officer at the A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina was notified that Roof was carrying marijuana, pepper spray and a knife on campus, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said.

Roof had also made an alarming Snapchat post expressing anger about the National School Walkout, The Post and Courier reported. A 17-minute walkout was staged at schools around the country on Wednesday to honor the 17 people killed at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month and call for stricter gun control laws.

No A.C. Flora High students were harmed Wednesday, authorities said.

Roof was charged with simple possession of marijuana and two counts of carrying weapons on school grounds. A judge set a $5,000 bond for Roof under the condition that she would not return to the school, CNN affiliate WIS reported.

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Sister Of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested After Menacing Social Media Post

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SCOTT NEUMAN

The younger sister of convicted mass murderer Dylann Roof — who gunned down nine parishioners at a Charleston church in 2015 — was arrested Wednesday on drug and weapons charges after she posted a disturbing message on social media.

Morgan Roof, 18, a student at AC Flora High School in Columbia, was charged with one count of marijuana possession and two counts of carrying a weapon on school grounds, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said, describing the weapons as a knife and pepper spray, according to The State newspaper.

WACH-TV in Columbia reports:

"No students were harmed and [Morgan Roof] has been transported to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

She [appeared] in bond court Wednesday night where her bond was set at $5,000 and was charged with carrying weapons on school property. She was also ordered not to [return] to the incident location."

Roof's arrest came after she reportedly posted a message to Snapchat saying that she hoped students participating in Wednesday's walkout of classes to protest gun violence would "get shot" and suggested that only "black people" would be participating in the nationwide protests.

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