Overview

• Two students, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 18 people were injured, including 15 children, when shots were fired through church windows during a school mass at Annunciation in Minneapolis.
• The assailant, identified as 23-year-old former pupil Robin Westman, died by suicide at the scene after using multiple firearms that authorities say were purchased legally.
• Authorities say they recovered videos, a manifesto and hundreds of pages of writings expressing violent, hateful and political views, and referencing admiration for notorious mass killers.
• The FBI has opened investigations into potential domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, though officials say a definitive motive has not been established.
• Hospitals reported multiple child patients undergoing emergency care, the community held vigils, and President Trump ordered U.S. flags lowered through August 31.