Minneapolis church shooting investigated as terrorism and hate crime after gunman Robin Westman killed 2 praying kids

THE shooter who murdered two children and injured 17 others after spraying bullets through the stained glass windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church has been identified.

Robin Westman, 23, fired three weapons at the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday as pre-kindergarten through eighth graders filed in for morning mass.

An eight and 10-year-old were killed in the church pews, police confirmed. Other children were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but all the victims are expected to survive.

The gunman, now identified as Robin Westman, was dressed in black and used pieces of wood to barricade the church doors closed before carrying out the fatal ambush…

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