Two children were killed in a shooting Wednesday at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis, police said, and 17 people were injured, 14 of them children. Two are in critical condition.

The suspected shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, according to police.

The shooter attacked while the students were in the first Mass of the school year. Mayor Jacob Frey decried the “horrific violence in south Minneapolis,” which prompted a huge law enforcement response surrounding the area.

Two sources familiar with the investigation into the shooting at Annunciation Church said Westman, 23, of Richfield, Minnesota, is the suspected shooter.

According to court records, Westman’s mother applied to change her child’s name in 2019 from R

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