Nine victims hospitalized, one still critical after Minneapolis Annunciation Church shooting
The article reports on the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident, which occurred during morning Mass in the first week back at school, resulted in the deaths of two children and injuries to 17 people. One day later, officials confirmed that nine victims remain hospitalized: six in satisfactory condition, two in serious condition, and one in critical condition. Among the victims is a child who was shot in the back while protecting another student.
Emergency responders arrived quickly and managed to transport all patients within 25 minutes of the initial call. Healthcare workers at Hennepin County feel personally affected by the attack, as some have children attending the same school.Trauma surgeons noted the severity of the gunshot wounds, emphasizing the high potential for even greater fatalities had the shooting continued.
The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman (born Robert), opened fire through stained glass windows of the church before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities,including the FBI,are treating the case as domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics. This attack happened one day after another shooting outside a Jesuit high school in Minneapolis, which resulted in one death and several injuries.
Nine victims hospitalized, one still critical after Minneapolis Annunciation Church shooting
One day after the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children and injured 17 people at a Catholic church and school, Minnesota healthcare officials revealed nine patients remain in medical care.
The Hennepin County Healthcare Clinic said of the nine patients, six were in satisfactory condition, two in serious condition, and one in critical condition. One child received a “shotgun blast to his back” while protecting another student, EMS Chief Martin Scheerer said at Thursday’s press conference.
“Teachers were amazing,” he added. “The teachers were getting shot at. They were protecting the kids.”
First responders quickly arrived at Annunciation Church within minutes of the shooting, according to healthcare officials.
“We started transporting right away,” Scheerer said. “I think we transferred the first patient within less than 10 minutes of the time the call came in, and then I think we were done transporting people after 25 minutes from the time the call came.”
He noted Hennepin County’s healthcare workers feel particularly affected by the shooting, considering some of them have children who attend Annunciation Catholic School.
As of Thursday morning, three patients remain in the care of the Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis. Four patients were discharged from the pediatric hospital on Wednesday.
Dr. John Gayken, a trauma surgeon at the Hennepin County Medical Center, said there were “a lot of gunshot wounds in places that were meant to kill people” and that there “could have been a lot of fatalities” if the gunman continued firing.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOOTING
The transgender shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert, opened fire through the stained glass windows of Annunciation Church while students gathered for morning Mass during their first week back at school. Westman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind the church.
Assisting the Minneapolis Police Department in the investigation, the FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics. The incident happened one day after Minneapolis saw a separate shooting outside a Jesuit high school, in which one person was killed and at least six more were injured.
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