Two Children Dead In Catholic School Shooting

August 27, 2025 11:42 am

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shooting Wednesday at a Minneapolis Catholic school has killed two children as they prayed and injured 17 other people, 14 of them kids. The police chief says the shooter also died in the violence Wednesday at the Annunciation Catholic School. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass.  The police chief said the shooter did not have an extensive known criminal history and is believed to have acted alone.  A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that they have identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman. That official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.  The police chief said a wooden plank was placed to barricade some of the side doors, and that authorities found a smoke bomb but no explosives at the scene.  (Photo:  AP)