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.

The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. local time at Annunciation Church. According to the FBI, Westman fired shots through the building's windows 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 in Minneapolis over the past 24 hours, including one at a Jesuit high school, which left three people dead.

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

Last June, Minnesota also experienced political violence when a gunman targeted two Democratic state congressmen. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed 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.