Overview

• Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 18 people were wounded when shots were fired through church windows during a school Mass at Annunciation Catholic in Minneapolis.
• The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, died of a self-inflicted gunshot after firing dozens of rounds from outside with a rifle, a shotgun and a handgun; surveillance shows no entry into the church.
• Investigators recovered a manifesto and messages with anti‑Catholic and other anti‑religious themes that led the FBI to classify the case as domestic terrorism and a hate crime; the manifesto posted to YouTube was removed.
• Search warrants and seized diaries indicate a longstanding fixation on mass shootings, a recent breakup, and writings that expressed anger toward Westman’s mother, along with reconnaissance notes of the church.
• Police say they have not yet spoken with the mother, Mary Grace Westman, who has retained an attorney, as hospitals report multiple child patients treated and some moving from critical to stable conditions.