Overview

• Search warrants describe a 23-year-old suspect in black tactical gear with an AR-15-style rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, firing 116 rifle rounds through stained-glass windows and attempting to barricade an exit.
• Two students, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, were killed and 18 others were injured, with at least five children and one adult still hospitalized as of Friday.
• Journals and other writings outline weeks of preparation, a fixation on harming children and hateful ideology targeting multiple groups, prompting a federal domestic terrorism and anti-Catholic hate-crime investigation.
• Minneapolis expanded patrols at schools and houses of worship through at least Sept. 5, while flags were lowered and local teams and schools held moments of silence and tributes.
• Officials noted no known diagnosed mental illness or criminal record for the suspect, though past welfare checks and a former teacher’s account of self-harm were reported, as policy fights intensified over assault-weapon bans, red-flag enforcement and gender-identity issues.