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Shooter’s Mother Reportedly Identified As Employee Of Catholic School He Attacked

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The mother of the man identified as the suspect in a Wednesday mass shooting at a Minneapolis, Minnesota, Catholic school reportedly worked for the institution he targeted.

Officials say that Robin Westman killed two children, injured numerous others and fatally shot himself at Annunciation Catholic School, where she worked, 11Alive reported, citing law enforcement sources. Two children aged 8 and 10 “were killed where they sat in the pews” during a Mass service and 17 other people were injured before the gunman fatally shot himself, police said in a press conference after the attack. Seventeen others were injured, including fourteen children, police said.

A man dressed in black and carrying was seen at the site of the attack, multiple outlets reported. A now-deleted YouTube channel showing Robin Westman’s name shows a pile of weapons and other items with a seemingly incoherent assortment of anti-Christian messages, racial slurs and other statements written on them, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported.

The Minneapolis Police Department did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.