Overview

• Police said two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 17 people were injured when 23-year-old Robin Westman fired dozens of rounds through church windows during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis before dying by suicide.
• On Fox News’ Outnumbered, Trey Gowdy urged a discussion about keeping weapons from potential shooters and tracking how guns are obtained, noting questions about straw purchases, private sales, and gun stores as Minnesota’s red flag law did not prevent the attack.
• Gowdy also asserted that mass shooters are almost always young white males and offered religious consolation that the slain children are with Jesus, remarks that drew sharp criticism from multiple quarters.
• MAGA-aligned commentators and gun-rights voices denounced Gowdy’s comments, flooding social media with calls for his firing and accusing him of pushing gun control.
• Some outlets reported the shooter had previously changed their name and identified as female, details critics cited to challenge Gowdy’s demographic claim, while President Trump later promoted Gowdy’s new book on social media.