Overview
- O’Donnell retracted an earlier TikTok that labeled the attacker a Republican and MAGA supporter and posted an apology for not checking facts.
- Minneapolis police say the shooter fired through stained‑glass windows during a school Mass, killing two children and injuring 18, most of them kids.
- The attacker, identified in reports as Robin M. Westman, legally purchased a rifle, shotgun, and pistol and used all three before dying by suicide inside the church.
- FBI Director Kash Patel says a manifesto and other writings indicate a hate‑filled ideology with anti‑Catholic and violent antisemitic messages.
- Videos and notes described in news reports show praise for prior mass shooters and weapon inscriptions, including "kill Donald Trump," according to the Daily Mail.