US EditionSuspected Minneapolis church shooter identified as Robin Westman
The gunman, armed with three recently purchased weapons, left antisemitic messages and died by suicide after killing two children and injuring 17 during Mass, officials said.
- A shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, killing two children aged eight and ten, and injuring 19 others, according to Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara.
- The assailant, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, used legally purchased firearms and reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to police.
- Authorities are investigating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
- Westman had no known criminal history and reportedly shot herself after the attack, with officials discovering violent writings and hostility toward various groups.
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Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas
The parents of the two schoolchildren fatally shot in a Minneapolis church spoke out for the first time on Thursday afternoon, with some imploring the shaken community to address the root causes of shootings that target schools. Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed on Wednesday morning when a shooter opened fire at a Mass that hundreds of students at Annunciation Catholic School attended. Fifteen other Annunciation students bet…
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First slain Minneapolis school shooting victim ID’d as Fletcher Merkel, 8, as heartbroken father speaks out
Fletcher Merkel, 8, and another 10-year-old student “were killed where they sat” in pews during a back-to-school Mass when 23-year-old Robin Westman opened fire through the stained glass windows of Annunciation Church and Catholic School on Wednesday.
'Give your kids an extra hug and kiss': Father of 8-year-old victim speaks out
Jesse Merkel, the father of 8-year-old Minneapolis shooting victim Fletcher Merkel, spoke out after the violent attack that killed his son. Merkel asked that his son be remembered for who he was, not the act of violence that ended his life.
Grieving father calls Minneapolis shooter a 'coward' who took life of his 8-year-old son Fletcher during Mass
Father of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel speaks out after his son was killed in a Minneapolis church shooting that left two children dead and 17 others injured.
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