"In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year. "For you darkness itself is not dark, and night shines as the day," a church member read to some 200 students Wednesday morning as sun streamed through stained glass windows. Just before the congregants were to proclaim "Alleluia," bullets blasted through the windows."
"Two children, 8 and 10, were killed in the latest horrific school shooting in the United States, this time inside a church emblazoned with the words "This is the house of God and the Gate of Heaven." Seventeen others were wounded, including kids as young as 6 and parishioners in their 80s. Dozens of law enforcement officers soon arrived to the school. Police said the suspect, Robin Westman, 23, was found dead by suicide behind the church."
A shooter fired into a packed Catholic school church in Minneapolis during a morning service, striking worshippers and students. Children and adults sought cover behind pews and barricaded doors as dozens of shots rang out; a neighbor reported hearing as many as 50 shots. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 17 others were wounded, including children as young as 6 and parishioners in their 80s. Responding officers secured the scene and found the suspect, 23-year-old Robin Westman, dead by suicide behind the church. Westman's mother once worked there; investigators reported no known motive.
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