Overview

• Authorities identified the two children killed as 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski.
• Police reported 15 wounded children, ages 6 to 15, and three injured parishioners in their 80s, with one child in critical condition Thursday.
• Surveillance shows the shooter, Robin Westman, 23, fired 116 rifle rounds from outside and died by suicide at the scene.
• Investigators say videos and writings recovered from multiple locations express hatred toward many groups, admiration for mass killers, and a fixation on killing children.
• FBI Director Kash Patel labeled the attack domestic terrorism driven by hate-filled ideology, and officials said the firearms were legally purchased with no disqualifying record in the shooter’s background.