The FBI is investigating Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis as both an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime, Director Kash Patel said.
Patel identified the suspect as 23-year-old Robin Westman, born Robert Westman, and noted that Westman identified as transgender. “The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman,” Patel wrote on X. “The FBI will continue to provide updates on our ongoing investigation with the public as we are able.”
Authorities said Westman opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Church, where students were gathered for the first service of the school year. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the attack “targeted our most vulnerable: young children praying in their first morning Mass of the school year.”
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