US EditionShooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
Shooter Robin Westman, armed with multiple firearms, killed two children and injured 18 others during Mass; authorities recovered 116 rifle rounds and classify the act as domestic terrorism.
- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said on Thursday that Robin Westman fired 116 rounds with a rifle into Annunciation Catholic School church, killing two children aged eight and 10 during mass.
- Investigators found the attacker idolised mass murderers and wanted to watch children suffer, police said, and officials noted he fantasised about other mass shooting plans and sought notoriety.
- Hennepin Healthcare said it treated nine patients, including one child in critical condition, while Children's Minnesota Hospital reported three children remained in care as of Thursday morning.
- The mayor of Minneapolis urged statewide and federal bans on assault weapons in response to the attack, while police warned these rifles enable rapid fire, unlike typical hunting rifles.
- Authorities said the suspect had no criminal record or mental health diagnoses and was not legally barred from firearm purchase; Acting US Attorney Joe Thompson called the evidence pure hate, saying `I won't dignify the shooter's words by repeating them`.
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Moments after rifle blasts reverberated inside a Minneapolis church, Catholic school children wearing plaid jumpers and green polo shirts ducked into pews, some jumping atop friends to protect them from the carnage.
Search warrant: Robin Westman brought many more rounds of gunfire than fired at Minneapolis' Annunciation Church
MINNEAPOLIS — Robin Westman brought many more rounds of gunfire than were unleashed in a deadly barrage at Annunciation Church and School before dying by suicide, according to a newly filed search warrant.
Outside the Catholic Church of the Annunciation on Thursday, the mood was healing. People hugged themselves and dried their tears. Children wore teddy bears and ate pizza. There was a therapy dog, a golden retriever named Rosie, whom people could pet. A local Trader Joe's worker left buckets of flowers. Families and neighbors had gathered outside the church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured another 18 the day before…
23-year-old Robin Westman opened fire through the window of a church in Minneapolis, USA. The shooter was “obsessed with killing children,” according to police. Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, died in the attack.
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