The FBI is investigating the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school as a hate crime.

WashingtonThe FBI is investigating Wednesday's shooting at a church attached to a Catholic school in Minneapolis as a case of domestic terrorism and a hate crime against Christians. The attacker, who committed suicide, has been identified as Robin Westman, the agency's director, Kash Patel, announced in a post on X. At a press conference this afternoon, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara confirmed that there were nineteen victims, two infants, two children, and fourteen other children who were injured, along with three adults in their eighties who were present at the scene.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has provided more details about the shooter and said in a post on X that he was 22 years old and "claimed to be trans." "This deeply sick killer wrote the words 'For the Children,' 'Where's Ten?' and 'Death to Donald Trump' on a rifle magazine," Noem said in the post.

Investigators have been examining writings and YouTube videos left behind by Westman before the attack. His social media accounts include videos of journal entries in which he describes killing children and a drawing of the chapel at the Catholic school where the shooting took place. The videos also show guns, bullets and what appear to be explosives. O'Hara said: "We do not have a cause."

The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. local time at Annunciation Church. According to the FBI, Westman fired shots through the windows of the building as students at the school were attending mass. O'Hara believes the individual acted alone. Westman had legally purchased a rifle, a shotgun, and a handgun.

The school is private and enrolls children from preschool through eighth grade. According to investigators, the attack did not appear to be related to three other shootings that occurred in the last 24 hours in Minneapolis, including one at a Jesuit high school, which left three people dead.

Investigators believe the suspect was a former student at the school, according to sources close to the case. The New York TimesWestman's mother is a retired former worker at the center.

President Donald Trump has previously spoken with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who called the shooting a "horrible act of violence."

Last June, Minnesota also saw political violence when a gunman targeted two Democratic state congressmen. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot dead in their home, while Congressman Hoffman and his partner survived the shooting. Hoffman was critically wounded. The gunman was disguised as a police officer and traveled between the two homes, about six miles apart. No further information has been released about the shooter's identity or motive.