STORY: Mourners gathered on Thursday (August 28) at a church to pray for the victims of a shooting at a Minneapolis church during a Mass for Catholic school children on Wednesday (August 27).

The shooter killed two children and wounded 18 teachers and children, including a child taken to hospital in critical condition. The shooter was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the FBI is investigating the attack as domestic terrorism.

In the U.S., deadly gun violence has grown more common at schools, churches and other settings once considered safe, despite efforts to beef up security and identify potential perpetrators before they can act.

The shooter, armed with a rifle, a pistol and a shotgun, fired through the stained glass windows at students from Annunciation Catholic School at a service to celebrate the new school year.

The shooter, identified as Robin Westman, 23, shared a suicide note in a video posted to YouTube. Westman described struggles with anger and depression and a belief that death was near because of a vaping habit. Westman also made reference to other deadly U.S. school shootings.

State and federal authorities said the shooter was driven by hatred, a fascination with U.S. mass shootings and a desire for notoriety.

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VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS PRAYING AND MOURNING VICTIMS OF SCHOOL SHOOTING DURING CATHOLIC PRAYER SERVICE

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SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 28, 2025)(REUTERS - Access all)

1. ATTENDEES HOLDING SONG SHEET AT BEGINNING OF PRAYER SERVICE

2. CHOIR SINGING

3. ATTENDEES SINGING

4. CRUCIFIX ON ALTAR

5. ATTENDEES STANDING AND LISTENING TO PRAYER

6. WOMAN SAYING PRAYER

7. PEOPLE SITTING IN CHURCH

8. WOMAN CRYING, PERSON TOUCHING HER SHOULDER

9. CLERGYMEN SITTING AND LISTENING TO MUSIC

10. PEOPLE LISTENING TO MUSIC

11. CLERGYMEN AND MINISTERS SITTING AND LISTENING TO PRAYER

12. WOMEN LISTENING TO MUSIC

13. PEOPLE SITTING AND LISTENING TO PRAYER

14. MAN LOOKING ON

15. CLERGYMEN SINGING

16. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES SINGING

17. CLERGYMAN SAYING PRAYER

18. ATTENDEES SITTING

19. CLERGYMAN SAYING PRAYER

20. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES LOOKING ON

21. CLERGYMAN SAYING PRAYER

22. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES SITTING AND LISTENING TO MUSIC

23. ATTENDEES SINGING