Multiple Minneapolis shooting victims released from hospital, police chief says

[ad_1] All 14 youngsters injured in Wednesday's mass taking pictures in Minneapolis are anticipated to outlive, the town's police chief mentioned late Wednesday, with some victims having already been launched from hospital.

An 8-year-old and 10-year-old sitting in pews had been killed when a shooter opened fireplace via the home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis at simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police mentioned.

Seventeen folks had been injured, police mentioned. Fourteen of the injured victims had been youngsters ages 6 to fifteen, whereas the three adults who had been shot had been parishioners of their 80s, O'Hara instructed ABC Information' Minneapolis affiliate KSTP.

The FBI recognized the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. The suspect died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police mentioned.

Officers recovered three weapons -- one rifle, one shotgun and one handgun -- on the scene, all of that are believed to have been fired within the assault. All had been bought legally by the suspect, officers mentioned.

Individuals collect at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a taking pictures on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.

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O'Hara instructed KSTP on Wednesday evening that authorities have 4 search warrants out for the church and three residences linked to the suspected shooter throughout the Minneapolis metro space.

Electronics associated to the suspect had been recovered by officers, however no different firearms, O'Hara mentioned. Police at the moment are working via dozens of pages from paperwork with help from the FBI in hopes of figuring out a motive.

"It was premeditated, we imagine," O'Hara mentioned, however added that investigators haven't but established a motive. The suspect had no felony historical past, police mentioned.

O'Hara mentioned that extra police patrols will probably be supplied as youngsters return to highschool throughout the metro space all through this week.