All 14 kids injured in Wednesday’s mass capturing in Minneapolis are anticipated to outlive, the 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 had been killed when a shooter opened fireplace by means of the home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis at simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police mentioned.
Seventeen folks had been injured, police mentioned. Fourteen of the injured victims had been kids ages 6 to fifteen, whereas the three adults who had been shot had 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 had been bought legally by the suspect, officers mentioned.
Folks collect at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a capturing on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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O’Hara advised 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 had been recovered by officers, however no different firearms, O’Hara mentioned. Police at the moment are working by means of dozens of pages from paperwork with help from the FBI in hopes of figuring out a motive.
“It was premeditated, we consider,” O’Hara mentioned, however added that investigators haven’t but established a motive. The suspect had no felony historical past, police mentioned.
O’Hara mentioned that further police patrols will probably be offered as kids return to highschool throughout the metro space all through this week.
An infographic on the current capturing at Annunciation Catholic Faculty 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.
