An assailant armed with three guns fired through stained-glass windows into a Catholic church where parish school students were attending Mass on Wednesday, killing two children and wounding 17 other people, officials said.
The shooting ended when the lone suspect, identified as Robin Westman, 23, took his own life at the rear of the church, according to Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara, who declined to offer a possible motive for the attack.
A videotaped message by the suspect showed Westman struggled with depression and was fascinated by the perpetrators of past mass shootings.