Authorities Probe Link Between Minneapolis, Madison Shooters; Law Enforcement Expert Warns of Growing Online Extremism

MINNEAPOLIS — Two children were killed and 17 others injured Wednesday morning when a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Minneapolis church during a school Mass.

The gunman, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, was armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol when he opened fire just before 8:30 a.m. at Annunciation Catholic School. Westman fired dozens of rounds into the sanctuary from outside, then died by suicide.

“The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara…

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