The suspect who opened fire in Minneapolis on a Catholic school during Mass has been identified by officials as a person in their early 20s who left behind videos online with writings that referenced suicide.

Multiple senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News that the person who is responsible for the Wednesday shooting is Robin Westman.

Westman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing a rifle through the side windows of the Annunciation Catholic School's church, aiming at children who were sitting in the pews, authorities said.

Two children are dead, aged 8 and 10, and 17 others — including 14 children — were injured in the mass shooting, authorities have said.

Police have said publicly that the suspect has a limited criminal history and is in

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