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Vigil at the scene of the announcement at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
The attack armed in a church adjacent to a Catholic school in Minneapolis caused death to two children, who were gathered for a mass of early school year. The 23 -year -old shooter attended school until 2017.
The author of Wednesday’s armed attack during Mass at Annunciação Catholic school in the US city of Minneapolis, which caused death to 2 children and made 17 injured, was a member of the church and was school student until 2017confirmed the local police this Thursday.
According to the commander, Brian O’Harathe shooter, identified as Robin Westman, that was armed with a shotgun, A hunter and pistol approached the side of the church and opened fire through the windows over the children, who were sitting at banks attending the mass in the first week of classes.
“She He was a school student and a member of the Church. The mother worked for the parish for a while, but We didn’t see anything specific That could trigger the amount of hatred yesterday, ”Minneapolis Police Commander Brian O’Hara told NBC News.
According to O’Hara, the shooter, “20 -year -old”And that committed suicide on the spot, had no criminal record. The authorities are investigating what was the reason for the crime.
The commander explained that the school protocol, Church doors As soon as the mass started, prevented Westman from shooting from the buildingcausing more victims.
The 23 -year -old suspicion, which completed the teaching cycle in 2017, will have shared a series of videos and texts on social networks, which have been erased by the FBI, in which it was seen A collection of weapons with racist messages and registered anti -Semites, such as “Six million were not enough”, A reference to the Holocaust.
In the recordings, The young woman speaks of her suicidal thoughts And leaves a message to the family, in which Ask for your actions.
It also appears to hold a notebook with a series of Cyrilic scribbles meaningless as well as Mass killers namesincluding Adam Lanza, the author of Newton, at Connecticut.
According to official documents, the shooter’s mother had submitted a request for change of the legal name of the daughter, from Robert to Robinso the authorities suspect that it would be in the midst of a process of gender.
The Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Freywarned on Wednesday that no hate behavior will be tolerated in relation to the trans community due to these facts. “We must act for the love of our children”He argued.
Police recovered the shotgun, hunter and pistol used in the armed attack, all legally acquired.
According to the ongoing investigation, the shooter acted aloneunaware of its reason to attack the school. It is not reported that Westman has debated with mental illnesses.
In addition to the two children who lost their lives, 8 and 10 years oldthe attack caused injuries to 17 people, of which 14 children.
At a press conference, the interim executive director of Hennepin Healthcare Hospital, Thomas Klemondhe said he is treating 9 patients involved in school shooting and one of the minors has a reserved diagnosisby your critical condition.
Six other people, five of which are smallerare well, while other Two are in serious conditionadded Klemond.
The massacres are a recurring scourge that successive US governments have not been able to eradicate so far, continuing many US citizens deeply attached to your weapons.
This year, occurred in the USA at least 287 mass murderdefined as those that there are at least four dead or injuredaccording to the non-governmental organization. In 2024, at least 16,700 people, not including suicideswere killed by firearms.
In 2022, one and two teachers in a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, a massacre that particularly shocked public opinion.
