Dylann Roof's Sister Accused OfHaving WeaponsAt School During National Walkouts

The younger sister of Dylann Roof, the convicted mass murderer who killed nine people at a historic black church in South Carolina, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly bringing weapons to her school on the same day the National Student Walkout was planned.

Morgan Roof, an 18-year-old student of A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with possession of marijuana and two counts of carrying weapons on school grounds, according to The State newspaper .

An administrator at the school alerted a school resource officer that a student on campus had made a threatening and racist Snapchat post and brought pepper spray and a knife to school. The Richland County Sheriffs Department later confirmed that the student was Morgan Roof.

Roofs Snapchat post criticized her schoolmates at Flora High for participating in the nationwide student walkouts in protest of gun violence on Wednesday. The protests were being held on the one-month anniversary of a horrific mass shooting that left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

I hope its a trap and yall get shot, Roof wrote of the protest at her school, according to a screenshot of her Snapchat post.

We know its fixing to be nothing but black people walkin out anyway.

This is Morgan Roof, Dylann Roofs little sister, her snapchats there and all do your thang twitter pic.twitter.com/MttSF875is

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This is Morgan Roof, Dylann Roofs little sister, her snapchats there and all do your thang twitter pic.twitter.com/MttSF875is
tatianna (@theonlytyy) March 14, 2018

Roofs racist post was especially disturbing considering the heinous crimes of her brother, who is an avowed white supremacist.

In June 2015, Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and opened fire on a Bible study group. He killed nine people. The 22-year-old shooter was found guilty on 33 federal charges and sentenced to death .

One of Dylann Roofs friends told investigators that he hoped the massacre would start a race war .

In a letter to students, parents and faculty, Principal Susan Childs said that a students social media post caused quite a disruption on campus. Childs letter did not identify Morgan Roof but described her post as a hateful message that was extremely inappropriate.

Chris Slick, a neighbor of the Roofs, told The Post and Courier that Morgan Roof wasnt hateful.

Tragedy has struck this family again, Slick told the newspaper.

This is not the Morgan I knew. She didnt hate people. She didnt have prejudices like this in fact, I witnessed the opposite, he added. I hope that one day, one day she finds peace and seeks forgiveness for what she did today. I cannot say I wish the same for her brother.

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In a series of tweets, Gov. Henry McMaster said that potential tragedy was avoided at Flora High on Wednesday. He also called on the state General Assembly to pass legislation requiring police officers to be present at every school.

Law enforcement officials took Morgan Roof to the Richland County Detention Center , according to CBS affiliate WLTX 19. She was released on a $5,000 bond with the condition that she not return to school.

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