Information reported by ABC News and other media outlets indicates that the person who opened fire on children at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, was a transgender woman.
The person, identified as Robin Westman, 23, allegedly began shooting through the windows of a church at Annunciation Catholic School, aiming at the children sitting in pews, attending a back-to-school mass.
Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the shooting, and 17 others — three adults and four children ages 6 to 15 — were injured, authorities have said.
Westman reportedly died of a self-inflicted gun shot at the scene.
Trump administration FBI Director Kash Patel said Westman was “a male” born under a different first name — Robert — according to NBC News reports. NBC al