Overview

• Authorities identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who fired about 116 rifle rounds through stained-glass windows during a school Mass and then died by suicide.
• Two children were killed — 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski — and officials report 15 other children and three elderly parishioners injured, with one child in critical condition.
• The FBI says the attack is being investigated as domestic terrorism and a potential hate crime, with writings and videos showing broad hatred and admiration for mass killers, though a clear motive has not been established.
• Police say surveillance shows the attacker never entered the church and could not see those inside; the first officer arrived within four minutes and officers rendered first aid and evacuated children.
• Investigators recovered extensive digital and written evidence from multiple locations, found no prior arrests that would have blocked legal gun purchases, and community leaders have increased security and urged action on gun violence and mental-health prevention.