STORY: Mourners attended a prayer vigil at the Academy of Holy Angels in Minneapolis for the victims of a

shooting at a Catholic church on Wednesday (August 27).

An assailant armed with three guns fired through stained-glass windows into Annunciation Church in Minneapolis where parish school students were attending Mass on Wednesday, killing two children and wounding 17 other people, officials said.

Two victims, aged 8 and 10, were slain where they sat as the gunfire turned the morning Mass into pandemonium. It sent worshippers diving behind pews for cover while older children scrambled to shield younger ones, officials said. At least two of the church exits were blocked by wooden planks barricaded outside the doors, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said.

The shooting ended when the lone suspect, identified as Robin Westman, 23, "took his own life" at the rear of the church, according to O'Hara, who declined to offer a possible motive for the attack.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PEOPLE ATTENDING VIGIL AT ACADEMY OF HOLY ANGELS FOLLOWING MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL SHOOTING / ARCHBISHOP BERNARD HEBDA ADDRESSING MOURNERS AT VIGIL / MAN WRITING A MESSAGE

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SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 27, 2025) (REUTERS - All access)

1. PEOPLE WALKING INTO ACADEMY OF HOLY ANGELS

2. ATTENDEES SEATED DURING VIGIL

3. ATTENDEES HUGGING AT VIGIL

4. ATTENDEES ATTENDING VIGIL

5. ATTENDEES SINGING DURING VIGIL

6. ARCHBISHOP BERNARD HEBDA ADDRESSING MOURNERS AT VIGIL

7. MAN WRITING MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE