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Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

A woman is allowed to drop off flowers at the Annunciation Catholic School sign near the scene of the shooting at the school in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP.)

What we know about the shooter who killed 2 and wounded 17 in Minneapolis

Aug 28
Claudia Lauer,
Associated Press

People gather at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn/AP.)

Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire

Aug 28
Jesse Bedayn,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with elected officials from France in the Vatican on Aug 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells French politicians they cannot separate faith from their duties

Aug 28
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV blesses pilgrims at the weekly General Audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo laments ‘terror, destruction, and death’ in Gaza

Aug 27
Charles Collins

The flags circling the Washington Monument fly at half-staff in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, following the shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

Aug 29
Steve Karnowski,
Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

Aug 29
Safiyah Riddle,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia.)

Pope highlights virtue of listening while accepting award from US Augustinians

Aug 29
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with elected officials from France in the Vatican on Aug 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells French politicians they cannot separate faith from their duties

Aug 28
Charles Collins

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