明尼阿波利斯天主教学校开学弥撒遭枪击 2名儿童身亡17人受伤
2025年8月27日上午8时27分左右，明尼苏达州亨内平县明尼阿波利斯市的圣母领报天主教学校（Annunciation Catholic School）正在其教堂举行开学第一周的全校弥撒，一名枪手从教堂外隔着彩绘玻璃窗向内连开数十枪。明尼阿波利斯警察局说，两名儿童身亡，年龄分别为8岁和10岁，另有17人受伤，其中14名是儿童、3名是年长的教友。
警方确认，枪手是23岁的 Robin Westman，是这所学校以前的学生。警方说，Westman 携一支步枪、一支霰弹枪和一支手枪作案，三支枪均为近期合法购得，行凶后在教堂后方开枪自尽。明尼阿波利斯警察局长 Brian O'Hara 说，这是一起针对无辜儿童和正在做礼拜的人的蓄意暴力行为，是极其残忍和懦弱的行径。
联邦调查局局长 Kash Patel 当天下午表示，联邦调查局正按国内恐怖主义行为和针对天主教徒的仇恨犯罪两个方向调查此案。案件由明尼阿波利斯警察局牵头，联邦调查局、烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局、明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局与州巡警协查。警方说，枪手生前在视频平台留下了定时发布的视频和文字材料，相关内容已在联邦调查局协助下删除，作案动机仍在调查中。
明尼苏达州州长 Tim Walz 当天命令全州所有州级建筑即刻降半旗致哀。他说，明尼苏达州对这天早晨发生的无谓枪击感到心碎，他为孩子们和老师们祈祷，他们开学的第一周被这起可怕的暴力行为玷污了。
特朗普总统同一天发布公告，命令白宫、全部公共建筑与场地、军事驻地和海军舰艇以及美国领地和属地的美国国旗降半旗至8月31日日落，以示对遇难者的尊重。
圣母领报天主教学校是一所从学前班到八年级的教会学校，学生年龄在5岁到14岁之间。事发当天是新学年的第三天，全校师生在教堂参加本学年第一次全校弥撒。
（来源：明尼阿波利斯警察局）
Two Children Killed, 17 Injured in Shooting During School Mass at Minneapolis Catholic Church
At about 8:27 a.m. on August 27, 2025, as Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, held an all-school Mass in its church during the first week of the school year, a gunman standing outside fired dozens of rounds through the church's stained-glass windows. The Minneapolis Police Department said two children were killed, ages 8 and 10, and 17 other people were injured, 14 of them children and three of them older parishioners.
Police identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, a former student at the school. Police said Westman carried a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, all legally purchased recently, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind the church. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara called the attack a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and people worshipping, an act of sheer cruelty and cowardice.
FBI Director Kash Patel said that afternoon that the FBI was investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics. The Minneapolis Police Department is leading the investigation, assisted by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minnesota State Patrol. Police said the shooter had left videos and writings set to post on a video platform; the material was taken down with the FBI's assistance, and the motive remains under investigation.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ordered United States and Minnesota flags at all state buildings flown at half-staff immediately. He said Minnesota was heartbroken by the senseless shooting that morning and that he was praying for the kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by the horrific act of violence.
President Trump issued a proclamation the same day ordering the flag of the United States flown at half-staff at the White House, on all public buildings and grounds, at military posts and naval stations and on naval vessels, and throughout the territories and possessions of the United States, until sunset on August 31, as a mark of respect for the victims.
Annunciation Catholic School is a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade parish school serving students ages 5 to 14. The shooting took place on the third day of the new school year, during the school's first all-school Mass of the year.
(Source: Minneapolis Police Department)
来源：明尼阿波利斯警察局
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图片来源：图：2025年8月27日，明尼阿波利斯圣母领报天主教学校枪击案现场外，联邦调查局探员与明尼阿波利斯警察在警戒线内工作。Chad Davis 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: An FBI agent and a Minneapolis police officer work inside the police line near Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27, 2025. Photo by Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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