Overview

• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the NIH will examine whether SSRIs and other psychiatric medications may contribute to violent acts following the Minneapolis attack.
• Authorities have not indicated the suspect used antidepressants or transition-related drugs, and the shooter’s medication history remains unconfirmed.
• The FBI is treating the Minneapolis church attack as domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics.
• Two children were killed and 17 people were wounded during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School’s church, and the 23-year-old suspect died by suicide.
• Sen. Tina Smith denounced Kennedy’s remarks, as experts and political figures clashed over guns, mental health, and medication in the national response.