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Minneapolis police seized 158 items including firearms and a suspected smoke bomb in the investigation of a mass shooting that killed two children and injured 18 others.
- On Wednesday, a shooter struck Annunciation Church and Catholic school, Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, just before 8:30 a.m. during morning prayer.
- Family disclosures from James Westman show turmoil including Robin Westman's 2020 legal name change and a recent breakup in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
- Investigators say they seized 158 personal items, including hard drives, from several locations associated with the gunman.
- Several victims remain hospitalized in critical condition, including Sophie Forchas, 12, and Endre Gunter, 13, while Minneapolis Police confirmed the shooter had no documented mental illness and legally purchased firearms.
- Videos and diary pages recovered showed demonic imagery and signs of multiple personalities, the shooter’s weapons bore internet memes including a Reddit comic 'Loss' reference, while online influencers linked the attack to transgender issues or demonic influence.
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Pile of evidence into Minneapolis Catholic school massacre revealed in search warrants
Minneapolis investigators have collected a mountain of evidence into the mass shooting at a Catholic church on Wednesday, including the gunman's cache of weapons and a suspicious device that may have been a smoke bomb, search warrants revealed.
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MINNEAPOLIS — For more than 100 years, Annunciation Church and its stately red-brick school have been an anchor of its leafy pocket of south Minneapolis. Students in green and blue uniforms, many from the surrounding neighborhoods, walk to the ...
New details about Minneapolis church shooter’s background and family
New details tonight in the investigation into the Minneapolis school shooting massacre. Minneapolis police confirm law enforcement has had a conversation with the shooter’s mother, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing. This as a former classmate of the shooter says she noticed red flags. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa reports.
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