A 23-year-old attacker opened fire during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, firing 116 bullets through stained-glass windows and striking children. Two victims, an eight-year-old boy and a ten-year-old girl, were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded. The assailant died by suicide in a car park after the attack. The attacker left videos and writings expressing hatred toward numerous groups while idolizing infamous school shooters and expressing an obsession with killing children. News outlets were asked to stop publishing the shooter's name to deny notoriety. The incident renewed debate over gun safety and public security.
A 23-year-old man who killed two young school students and wounded more than a dozen after opening fire on youngsters sitting in a Catholic church in the US city of Minneapolis was filled with hatred and obsessed with killing children, authorities said. Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara said on Thursday that the suspect had fired 116 bullets through stained-glass windows while the children celebrated Mass on Wednesday during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School.
The assailant took their own life in a car park following the shooting. The victims of the attack were an eight-year-old boy and a girl, aged 10. Acting US Attorney Joe Thompson said videos and writings the assailant left behind expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable, including Mexicans, Christians and Jews. But one group the attacker did not hate was the most notorious school shooters and mass murderers in our country's history, whom the suspect idolised, Thompson said. In particular, the shooter was obsessed with the idea of killing children, he said.
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