Annunciation Catholic Church shooting
| Annunciation Catholic Church shooting | |
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Police in front of the school | |
| Location | 44°54′17″N 93°17′8″W / 44.90472°N 93.28556°W Church of the Annunciation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Date | August 27, 2025 c. 8:27 a.m. – c. 8:31 a.m. (CDT; UTC−05:00) |
| Target | Worshippers at all-school Mass; Annunciation Catholic Church and School community |
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| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 28 (27 via gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Robin Westman |
| Motive | Under investigation |
On the morning of August 27, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at the Church of the Annunciation in the Windom neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The attack took place during a scheduled school-wide Mass attended by the students and faculty of Annunciation Catholic School. Two children, Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, and the perpetrator died in the shooting. Twenty-eight other people were injured: twenty-four schoolchildren and three elderly people from gunfire as well as a victim who sustained non-gunshot wounds. The perpetrator was identified as Robin M. Westman.