LIVE UPDATES: Shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis

Michie · Aug 27, 2025

Law enforcement on Wednesday said two children have been killed at a shooting during a Mass held at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, with the gunman reportedly taking his own life after the deadly attack.

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United in prayer: A litany to be prayed after a school shooting

August 27, 2025 at 04:24 pm ET

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. The Catholic Church believes that prayer can effect real change — not just in the heart of the person praying but in the world. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Prayer and Christian life are inseparable” (CCC, 2745) and that prayer is a “vital necessity” (CCC, 2743).
Here is a litany to be prayed after a school shooting.

Police confirm shooter’s identity as 23-year-old Robin Westman

August 27, 2025 at 04:04 pm ET

At a 3:30 p.m. ET press conference, Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirms the shooter’s identity as 23-year-old Robin Westman, born Robert Westman.

“We have to be men and women of hope,” Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda says at the conference.

As a bell begins to ring, he says: “A bell in the Catholic Church is always a call to prayer. It’s a reminder for us to be praying. And we have to recognize that it’s through prayer … that we can indeed make a difference. That has to be the source of our hope.”

Principal Matt DeBoer says that staff and teachers were heroes during the shooting.
“This is a nightmare. But we call our staff the dream team. We will recover from this,” he says.

“We lost two angels today. Please continue to pray for those still receiving care. We can’t change the past. But we can do something about the future,” he says.

FBI director calls shooting ‘an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime’

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LIVE UPDATES: Shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis

Law enforcement on Wednesday said two children had been killed at a shooting incident during a Mass held at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.

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Michie · Aug 27, 2025

Archbishop Bernard Hebda, who leads the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, released a statement following the deadly shooting that took place on Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School in southern Minneapolis.

“My heart is broken as I think about students, teachers, clergy and parishioners and the horror they witnessed in a church, a place where we should feel safe,” Hebda wrote in a statement Wednesday afternoon, hours after police confirmed two children were killed and 17 injured in the shooting.

Hebda expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV, who sent his condolences to Hebda after the attack, and all those around the world who have offered prayers following the shooting that occurred during a Mass for the K–8 school early Wednesday morning.

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Archbishop Hebda after Annunciation School shooting: ‘My heart is broken’

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda released a statement following the deadly shooting that took place on Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School.

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Michie · Aug 27, 2025

Two children were killed and multiple victims injured in a shooting during an opening school year Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. The Catholic Church believes that prayer can effect real change — not just in the heart of the person praying but in the world. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Prayer and Christian life are inseparable” (CCC, 2745) and that prayer is a “vital necessity” (CCC, 2743).

The popular global prayer app Hallow haslaunched a prayer campaign for “healing for the injured, comfort for students, staff, and families, and the peace of Christ to be with all who were present.”

The Church also calls on the prayers of Mary and the saints to intercede for us. Below is a litany written specifically to be prayed after a school shooting.

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United in prayer: A litany to be prayed after a school shooting

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. Here is a litany written specifically to be prayed after a school shooting.

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Michie · Aug 27, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said he was offering prayers for the victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, one he described as an “extremely difficult” and “terrible” tragedy.

Two children were killed in a shooting incident at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, with the gunman taking his own life after the deadly attack during the parochial school Mass.

Law enforcement were still working to determine a motive to the shooting on Wednesday afternoon. In his telegram to Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda, meanwhile, Leo said he was “profoundly saddened” at the news of the killings.

The pope “sends his heartfelt condolences and the assurance of spiritual closeness” to the victims of the shooting, said the telegram, signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

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Pope prays for victims of ‘terrible tragedy’ in Minneapolis school shooting

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said he was offering prayers for the victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting.

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Michie · Aug 27, 2025

After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people on Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer.

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Catholic community unites in prayer after shooting at Minneapolis school Mass

After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 others Wednesday during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer.

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Ave Maria · Aug 27, 2025

He was a biological male who identified as a woman. He held anti-Semitic views and, from what I have read, he had a fascination with Satanism and possibly other Occult ideologies.

Wolseley · Aug 27, 2025

I am not trying to trivialize the tragedy of this horrible situation, but it didn't take long for the extreme left wing to "not let this tragedy go to waste" and to start caterwauling for more gun control:

Klobuchar Calls for a National 'Assault Weapons' Ban in Wake of Minneapolis Shooting

Wednesday on MSNBC's "Ana Cabrera Reports," Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said there needs to be a national ban on "assault weapons" when reacting to a Catholic school shooting in Minnesota. | Clips

www.breitbart.com

But the thing is, even if they had already confiscated every last firearm in the country, would it have made a difference?

No.

Because the problem is not access to guns. Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people with fertilizer and fuel oil. The 9/11 jihadists killed 2,996 people with airplanes. In New York City, 87 people were killed by arson when a guy set a building on fire with $1.00 worth of gasoline. In Japan, terrorists killed 13 people with sarin gas released into the subways. In China, a mass stabbing attack with knives left 33 people dead and 143 more injured. 84 people were killed in Nice, France, when a guy ran over a crowd of people with a truck.

The choice of weapon is irrelevant, because it's not the problem. The problem is that we have no standards of moral restraint left in this country any more. 60 years ago, people had guns, too, but nobody went out and shot up schools and churches. Now why was that?

Because 60 years ago, we still had a standard of Judeo-Christian morality in America. The Left removed that, and along with it, the fear of eternal consequences. There is no fear of eternal punishment after death in our culture. People grow up with no knowledge of God, and what little they do know, they mock. They think that after you die, it's oblivion. So, they have no qualms about doing things like this, because they have no concept of consequences. In the past, when we still had a Judeo-Christian moral structure in our society, people were dissuaded from doing horrific acts like this out of a dread of everlasting hellfire. But they no longer believe in hell; or in a devil; or even in the existence of evil. And until our culture reverses that trend, stuff like this will continue. It's a cultural and ethical problem, not a weapon problem. Blaming guns for school shootings is like blaming forks for obesity.

And then, there is also the aspect that at least five of the mass shooters over the last ten years or so (including the Minneapolis shooter) were transgender....and an even larger number of them had some kind of mental aberration or condition, or had a history of being bullied, or were reclusive in some way, existing on the fringes of society. Again: 60 years ago, most of those people would have been in institutions, off the streets, and receiving some sort of care. But from the early 1960s up to the present time, facilities that would have treated people like this have been shut down: resident occupants of psychiatric institutions have fallen by 93% since 1955. The "halfway houses" or "community-based treatment" ideas never developed, with the result that a lot of mentally ill people ended up on the streets, and newer patients that came along had no place to go, either. Some of those people became shooters.

The conclusion is that blaming the gun will not solve the problem, because the gun is not at the root of the problem. Spiritual nihilism, lack of a moral compass, mental illness, and societal problems like school bullying, domestic abuse, alcoholism, and drug abuse are.

Michie · Aug 27, 2025

What’s the deal with transgender shooters obsession with children in Christian settings? Isn’t this the second transgender person going after the same targets in a Christian setting? Has anyone heard from the priest presiding over the Mass?

Wolseley · Aug 27, 2025

Michie said:
What’s the deal with transgender shooters obsession with children in Christian settings? Isn’t this the second transgender person going after the same targets in a Christian setting? Has anyone heard from the priest presiding over the Mass?

It probably has to do with the fact that the Christian Faith (Catholic or Protestant, if they're being true to Scripture) cannot approve homosexual or bisexual relations, or transgenderism. So instead of simply embracing "DEI" like they all bleat about and accept that there are people in the world who cannot agree with their viewpoints, they decide to take out their frustrations on individual Christians by slaughtering them.

Michie · Aug 27, 2025

Wolseley said:
It probably has to do with the fact that the Christian Faith (Catholic or Protestant, if they're being true to Scripture) cannot approve homosexual or bisexual relations, or transgenderism. So instead of simply embracing "DEI" like they all bleat about, they decide to take out their frustrations on individual Christians by slaughtering them.

I just can’t get over targeting praying children. And if I heard right, I believe his mother retired from working at that Church?

FaithT · Aug 27, 2025

Ave Maria said:
He was a biological male who identified as a woman. He held anti-Semitic views and, from what I have read, he had a fascination with Satanism and possibly other Occult ideologies.

He was supposedly totally filled with hate for a lot of people.

RileyG · Aug 28, 2025

Ave Maria said:
He was a biological male who identified as a woman. He held anti-Semitic views and, from what I have read, he had a fascination with Satanism and possibly other Occult ideologies.

Sin leads to other sin.

Absolutely disgusting!

RileyG · Aug 28, 2025

FaithT said:
He was supposedly totally filled with hate for a lot of people.

Not surprising, sadly

RileyG · Aug 28, 2025

Michie said:
I just can’t get over targeting praying children. And if I heard right, I believe his mother retired from working at that Church?

Yes. He was also an alumni from the school. But he hated God.

He has passed through judgment now.

May God avenge the children's blood!

RileyG · Aug 28, 2025

Wolseley said:
I am not trying to trivialize the tragedy of this horrible situation, but it didn't take long for the extreme left wing to "not let this tragedy go to waste" and to start caterwauling for more gun control:

Klobuchar Calls for a National 'Assault Weapons' Ban in Wake of Minneapolis Shooting

Wednesday on MSNBC's "Ana Cabrera Reports," Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said there needs to be a national ban on "assault weapons" when reacting to a Catholic school shooting in Minnesota. | Clips

www.breitbart.com

But the thing is, even if they had already confiscated every last firearm in the country, would it have made a difference?

No.

Because the problem is not access to guns. Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people with fertilizer and fuel oil. The 9/11 jihadists killed 2,996 people with airplanes. In New York City, 87 people were killed by arson when a guy set a building on fire with $1.00 worth of gasoline. In Japan, terrorists killed 13 people with sarin gas released into the subways. In China, a mass stabbing attack with knives left 33 people dead and 143 more injured. 84 people were killed in Nice, France, when a guy ran over a crowd pf people with a truck.

The choice of weapon is irrelevant, because it's not the problem. The problem is that we have no standards of moral restraint left in this country any more. 60 years ago, people had guns, too, but nobody went out and shot up schools and churches. Now why was that?

Because 60 years ago, we still had a standard of Judeo-Christian morality in America. The Left removed that, and along with it, the fear of eternal consequences. There is no fear of eternal punishment after death in our culture. People grow up with no knowledge of God, and what little they do know, they mock. They think that after you die, it's oblivion. So, they have no qualms about doing things like this, because they have no concept of consequences. In the past, when we still had a Judeo-Christian moral structure in our society, people were dissuaded from doing horrific acts like this out of a dread of everlasting hellfire. But they no longer believe in hell; or in a devil; or even in the existence of evil. And until our culture reverses that trend, stuff like this will continue. It's a cultural and ethical problem, not a weapon problem. Blaming guns for school shootings is like blaming forks for obesity.

And then, there is also the aspect that at least five of the mass shooters over the last ten years or so (including the Minneapolis shooter) were transgender....and an even larger number of them had some kind of mental aberration or condition, or had a history of being bullied, or were reclusive in some way, existing on the fringes of society. Again: 60 years ago, most of those people would have been in institutions, off the streets, and receiving some sort of care. But from the early 1960s up to the present time, facilities that would have treated people like this have been shut down: resident occupants of psychiatric institutions have fallen by 93% since 1955. The "halfway houses" or "community-based treatment" ideas never developed, with the result that a lot of mentally ill people ended up on the streets, and newer patients that came along had no place to go, either. Some of those people became shooters.

The conclusion is that blaming the gun will not solve the problem, because the gun is not at the root of the problem. Spiritual nihilism, lack of a moral compass, mental illness, and societal problems like school bullying, domestic abuse, alcoholism, and drug abuse are.

Very well said, sir!

RileyG · Aug 28, 2025

Michie said:
Two children were killed and multiple victims injured in a shooting during an opening school year Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. The Catholic Church believes that prayer can effect real change — not just in the heart of the person praying but in the world. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Prayer and Christian life are inseparable” (CCC, 2745) and that prayer is a “vital necessity” (CCC, 2743).

The popular global prayer app Hallow haslaunched a prayer campaign for “healing for the injured, comfort for students, staff, and families, and the peace of Christ to be with all who were present.”

The Church also calls on the prayers of Mary and the saints to intercede for us. Below is a litany written specifically to be prayed after a school shooting.

Continued below.

United in prayer: A litany to be prayed after a school shooting

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. Here is a litany written specifically to be prayed after a school shooting.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

May God grant the children who were killed eternal rest. May God comfort their families in his love. May Mary wrap all the children in her mantle. May St. Joseph wrap all the children in his cloak.

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer!

Amen!

:prayer:

Michie · Aug 28, 2025

Fifth grader says friend ‘laid on top of me’ to save his life during shooting

August 28, 2025 at 09:06 am ET

Weston Halsne, a fifth grader at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, told reporters that his friend saved his life when a shooter opened fire during Mass on Wednesday.
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Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter mocked Christ in video before attack

August 27, 2025 at 08:30 pm ET

The man who killed two children and injured 17 other people in the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting posted a YouTube video before the attack, which showed an anti-Christian motivation for the murders and an affinity for mass shooters, Satanism, antisemitism, and racism.
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johnnypapa · Aug 28, 2025

Our priests better wake up. It's either mental illness or demonic or both. Most of all, it is a rejection of God.

Michie · Aug 28, 2025

It’s becoming more blatant as time goes on. This latest incident definitely appeared to be demonic imo. He even gave a respectful nod towards satanism.

Michie · Aug 28, 2025

A disturbing trend.

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