All 14 kids injured in Wednesday’s mass taking pictures in Minneapolis are anticipated to outlive, town’s police chief mentioned at a press convention late Wednesday, with some victims having already been launched from hospital.
An 8-year-old and 10-year-old sitting in pews have been killed when a shooter opened fireplace via the home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic College in Minneapolis at simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police mentioned.
Seventeen individuals have been injured, police mentioned. Fourteen of the injured victims have been kids ages 6 to fifteen, whereas the three adults who have been shot have been parishioners of their 80s, O’Hara mentioned.
The FBI recognized the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. The suspect died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police mentioned.
Officers recovered three weapons — one rifle, one shotgun and one handgun — on the scene, all of that are believed to have been fired within the assault. All have been bought legally by the suspect, officers mentioned.
Folks collect at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a taking pictures on the Annunciation Catholic College on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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O’Hara informed reporters on Wednesday evening that authorities have 4 search warrants out for the church and three residences linked to the suspected shooter throughout the Minneapolis metro space.
Electronics associated to the suspect have been recovered by officers, however no different firearms, O’Hara mentioned. Police are actually working via dozens of pages from paperwork with help from the FBI in hopes of figuring out a motive.
“It was premeditated, we imagine,” O’Hara mentioned, however added that investigators haven’t but established a motive. The suspect had no legal historical past, police mentioned.
O’Hara mentioned that further police patrols will likely be offered as kids return to high school throughout the metro space all through this week.
An infographic on the latest taking pictures at Annunciation Catholic College in Minneapolis, Minn., August 27, 2025.
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ABC Information’ Mariama Jalloh, Pierre Thomas, Jack Date, Luke Barr, Aaron Katersky, Sasha Pezenik and Michael Pappano contributed to this report.
