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By John Ogunsemore
A 23-year-old transgender woman, Robin Westman, killed two and injured 17 students at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, on Wednesday morning.
The shooter, armed with three guns, shot up the Annunciation Catholic School on the third day of resumption.
NBC Chicago reported that the school was holding a Mass at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, when the shooter came up from the outside of the building and began firing a rifle through the church’s windows as children sat in pews during the Mass.
The two students killed were aged eight and 10. Westman was also killed by police in a shootout.
A police chief said the guns Westman used were legally purchased, but added that no motive has been established for the attack.
The gunman also had no criminal record.
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In a statement, the Catholic church and school where the incident occurred called the attack an “impossible situation”.
The attack, which drew widespread condemnation, came two months after a gunman targeted the homes of two members of the Minnesota House of Representatives in the Minneapolis suburbs.
State lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in the attack.
Former US President Barack Obama vehemently condemned the attack.
He said, “We can’t allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings.
“What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.”
