What to Know
Two children, ages 8 and 10, are dead after a shooter opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School during a morning Mass on the south side of Minneapolis. Seventeen others, including 14 children, were injured.The suspected shooter has been identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.Officials said the suspect — armed with a rife, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass.A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before dying by suicide, officials said.
The shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic School, just days after the first day of school there on Monday.
Of the 17 injured, police said 14 were children, with their ages ranging from 6 to 15. Authorities said they are all expected to survive.
The shooting comes as school years are starting across the U.S., and some universities have dealt with false alarms about school shootings. At least a dozen college campuses faced hoax active shooter calls — some featuring gunshots sounding in the background.
Here are some of the things to know about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
What do we know about the victims?
The two children who were killed were 8 and 10 years old, officials said. Authorities have not released the identities of the victims, but said the children who were killed were fatally shot while they were sitting in the church pews.
The three adults who were injured are parishioners in their 80s, officials said.
It is unclear how many people were inside the church at the time. Officials said the shooting occurred near the beginning of Mass, when some children were seated and others were still entering.
A nearby shooting
A shooter killed one person and injured six others nearby Cristo Rey Jesuit High School on Tuesday afternoon, in what authorities believe was a targeted shooting.
Annunciation Catholic School is about 4 miles south of Cristo Rey, and officials do not believe the shootings are linked.
The police chief said Tuesday that a group of adults hanging out near the school were shot, and least one of them was targeted. There was no mention of anyone from the school being involved in the shooting.
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Associated Press writer Alanna Durkin Richer in Washington and Bruce Schreiner in Frankfort, Kentucky, contributed to this report.
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