We’re bringing our live coverage of the shooting in Minneapolis to a close.
Dua anak, berusia delapan dan 10 tahun, tewas dalam penembakan saat misa di Sekolah Katolik Annunciation.
Pembunuhnya melepaskan tembakan dengan senapan melalui jendela sebuah gereja dan menyerang sekelompok anak-anak yang sedang duduk di bangku gereja.
The attacker has since been identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara called the attack a “deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping”.
“Kekejaman dan kepengecutan dengan menembaki gereja yang dipenuhi anak-anak benar-benar tidak dapat dipahami.”
O’Hara mengatakan si pembunuh telah menjadwalkan sebuah manifesto untuk dirilis di YouTube, yang “tampaknya memperlihatkan dia di tempat kejadian dan memuat beberapa tulisan yang mengganggu”.
The FBI said the shooting is being investigated as an “act of domestic terrorism” and a “hate crime against Catholics”.
‘So much’ gunfire, witness says
Bill Bienemann, a witness to the shooting, told Sky News that it went on “for several minutes – a long time for live gunfire”.
“I know what gunfire sounds like and I was shocked,” he added. “I said there’s no way that could be gunfire, there was so much of it.
“It seemed like a rifle, it certainly didn’t sound like a handgun, so he must have reloaded several times.”
The pre-kindergarten through to eighth-grade school had an all-school mass scheduled at 8.15am local time (2.15pm UK time), according to its website.
Monday was the first day of the school semester.
Watch: Witness says he heard 30-50 shots
Mayor calls shooting ‘unspeakable act’
At a news conference later, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey said the shooting was an “unspeakable act”.
“Anak-anak mati,” katanya. “Ada keluarga yang memiliki anak yang meninggal. Anda tidak dapat mengungkapkan dengan kata-kata betapa gawatnya, tragedi, atau penderitaan yang sangat besar dari situasi ini.”
Watch: Mayor calls for action on gun crime
