Overview

• Minneapolis police say a gunman opened fire during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School, killing two children, ages 8 and 10, and injuring 17 people before dying by suicide.
• The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who police say used a rifle, shotgun and pistol, shot through windows, and appeared to barricade doors with a two-by-four.
• On Outnumbered, Trey Gowdy urged a national discussion on tracking how shooters obtain firearms, citing straw purchases and private sales, and framed it as a choice of freedom versus protecting children.
• Gowdy clashed with co-host Lisa Boothe after she pointed to existing laws, including murder, as he pressed for answers on access to guns and prevention.
• Gowdy also said mass shooters are almost always young white males and offered a faith-based consolation about the victims being with Jesus, comments that drew intense online criticism from conservative accounts.