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The FBI said on Wednesday that it is investigating the shooting in Minneapolis as domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, and that the person responsible is a transgender person, born a male but self-identified as a female. 

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the alleged mass shooter responsible for killing two children and injuring 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic Church has been identified as Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. The suspect is deceased, reportedly by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

“The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics,” Patel wrote on X. “The FBI will continue to provide updates on our ongoing investigation with the public as we are able.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference that officers responded just before 8:30 a.m. local time to a shooting at a mass at the Annunciation Catholic Church during the students’ first week of school. During the mass, the gunman approached the outside of the building and began shooting at the church windows, striking children and other worshipers at the mass.