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New Records Detail Minneapolis Church Shooting as Federal Hate-Crime Review Deepens

Investigators now focus on journals, 116 shots, with a federal probe exploring a hate-crime motive.

Overview

  • Search warrants describe 116 rifle rounds fired through stained-glass windows during a school Mass that left two students dead and about 20 people wounded.
  • Police say surveillance video shows the shooter fired from outside the church and could not see those inside.
  • Documents list a pump-action shotgun, a 9mm pistol, and a semiautomatic rifle brought to the scene.
  • Officials identified the suspect as 23-year-old Robin Westman, with journals detailing weeks of preparation and a fixation on harming children, including notes about a recent breakup.
  • The FBI and the acting U.S. attorney are reviewing the case as potential domestic terrorism and a hate crime, as families share recovery updates and several victims remain hospitalized.