Disturbed person opens fire outside church school Mass in US, kills 2 children, injures 17

28-Aug-2025

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At least two children, ages 8 and 10, were fatally shot in the pews of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis after a shooter opened fire during Mass on August 27, Police said.

Authorities said, nineteen people in total were shot when the shooter who police said was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and pistol and fired into the church's windows, hitting children who were praying inside. 

The police who confiscated weapons from the gunman said it had letters hate slogans "Kill Donald Trump," "Nuke India" written on them.  

Fourteen children, ages 6 to 15, and three parishioners in their 80s were wounded by gunfire while attending Mass.

Officials said, the gunman identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Westman purchased the weapons used in Wednesday's shooting legally, they said.

On August 27 afternoon the Police were executing four search warrants, one for the church where the shooting occurred and three for nearby residences related to the shooter. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said Police have found additional firearms at those residences.

The shooter created a manifesto with disturbing writings and timed it to appear on August 27 on YouTube, police said.

Earlier in the day, O'Hara said this was a "deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping. The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is incomprehensible."