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Gunman Opens Fire on Minneapolis Church Schoolchildren, Killing 2 and Wounding 17

A shooter armed with multiple weapons opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during morning Mass on Wednesday, killing two children, ages 8 and 10, and injuring 17 others, most of them students.

Police said the suspect, identified as 20-something Robin Westman , fired dozens of rounds before dying by suicide. Officers rescued children hiding inside the church, while families gathered at a reunification site nearby.

Authorities said Westman had no extensive criminal history and appeared to act alone.

Investigators found a barricaded door and a smoke bomb at the scene, but no explosives. Witnesses desc

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