The massive shooting occurred on Wednesday at the Annunciation Catholic School of Minneapolis where two children and 17 children and adults died were injured is being investigated as An act of terrorism and an anti -attack hate crimesaid The FBI director, Kash Patel.
“The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a crime of hate against Catholics, there were two dead: an 8 -year -old boy and another of 10. In addition, 14 children and 3 adults were injured.” Patel declared in Xadding that the shooter has been identified as “Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman.”
“Two young children, eight and ten, were killed in the desks where they were sitting. His parents have already been notified. 17 other people were injured, 14 of them children. Two of those children are in critical condition,” explained the Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, In a press conference.
The shooting occurred this morning, at 8:30 am local time, at the Annunciation Catholic School of Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota, and caused a strong police response and a great tension until it was confirmed that the author of the shots had died.
As O’Hara explained, during the Mass as part of the beginning of the school year, “an armed man approached the outside, next to the building, and began shooting with a rifle through the church windows towards the children who were sitting in the banks.”
“The aggressor,” said O’Hara, “was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a gun”: “We believe he used the three,” he added.
Asked about the number of shots, he pointed out that they were “dozen”, although they do not yet have the exact account.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said the police You still have no reason for the shooting.
The authorities also confirmed the death of the shooter, who believes that “life was removed in the parking lot” of the school.
“This deliberate act of violence is only a sample of cruelty that is beyond all understanding. Our hearts are broken by all those who have been affected by this tragedy; while we start the difficult path to healing, I want the community to know this: that even before such evil, we are with our community,” The police chief concluded.
Trump administration reported that It was ordered to place the United States flag at half -mast in all public buildings and military land to honor the victims of the shooting until the sunset next August 31.
According to White House sources, President Donald Trump has called the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz.
Both wrote on their social networks, shortly after the news was known, which were monitoring the situation and sent their condolences to the affected families.
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