Overview

• Two children ages 8 and 10 were killed and 17 people were injured when 23-year-old Robin Westman fired from outside through church windows during a school mass and then died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
• Authorities say surveillance shows the shooter never entered the church and used three firearms, with roughly 120 shell casings recovered at the scene.
• The FBI reports anti-Catholic and anti-religious messages and antisemitic language in Westman’s manifesto and on weapons, along with a written call to violence against President Trump.
• Searches of homes and devices uncovered diaries and other evidence indicating planning and motive threads, including reconnaissance of the church, a fixation on mass shootings, a recent breakup, and writings blaming Westman’s mother.
• Police say the shooter’s mother, Mary Grace Westman, a former school employee, has retained an attorney and has not been interviewed; hospitals report critical patients are expected to survive, including a 10-year-old with a bullet fragment awaiting surgery, as local officials warn against politicizing the attacker’s gender history.