US EditionHundreds honor 2 children killed and 17 people wounded in shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
The 23-year-old shooter targeted children during morning Mass, resulting in two deaths and 17 injuries; the FBI is investigating the incident as domestic terrorism and a hate crime.
- On Aug. 27, shortly before 8:30 a.m., a shooter fired through stained-glass windows during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School and Church, killing two children and injuring 17; the shooter, Robin Westman, 23, died at the scene.
- Police say Westman's writings and videos show premeditation and hate, with a manifesto and multiple YouTube videos left by Westman detailing plans, while weapons and magazines bore inscriptions including names of mass killers.
- Minneapolis Police Department investigators recovered 116 rifle rounds and three shotgun shells and found diagrammed church layout including altar and seating and church doors that were barricaded during the attack.
- Relief efforts mounted, raising nearly $250,000 in 24 hours as the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota created the Annunciation Hope and Healing Fund, and Minnesota leaders called for assault weapon bans and increased patrols.
- The FBI is treating the incident as potential domestic terrorism and a hate crime, while officials warned that national media coverage can inspire copycats even as Jarrod Burguan praised coordination between local and federal agents.
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New details emerge about the deranged transgender who killed 2 children, wounded 18 others
The Minneapolis gunman, Robin Westman, 23, who said he “was tired of being trans,” had recently broken up with someone, had previously had a “medical mental health visit” to his home when he was a teenager, and he blamed the massacre he perpetrated on his mother.
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After Minneapolis shooting, there are new calls for gun restrictions, and familiar divisions
A shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis has sparked calls for action from Minnesota officials. Mayor Jacob Frey is urging a statewide and federal ban on certain semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines following the shooting that left two children…
Minneapolis police reveal more about church school shooter's motive
Investigators looking into the motive for the Annunciation Catholic Church mass shooting said "ultimately the purpose of the shooter's actions was to obtain notoriety for the shooter themselves."
In the attack two children were killed and 17 others injured. The shooter took his life after the crime. The perpetrator is said to be a 23-year-old man who was supposed to have identified himself as a trans-wife. He wanted to see children suffer, according to the investigators.
According to the latest report, two children were killed by bullets and 18 people injured in the attack on Wednesday targeting a church adjacent to a Catholic school in this northern United States city.
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