Minneapolis school shooter had anti-Trump message scrawled on gun

(NewsNation) — A "manifesto" posted by the shooter who opened occurrence astatine a Catholic schoolhouse Wednesday, sidesplitting 2 children and injuring much than a dozen, showed they wrote respective messages connected weapons and ammunition, including 1 that work "kill Donald Trump," authorities said.

The video was posted to YouTube by Robin Westman, who has been identified arsenic the idiosyncratic who attacked Annunciation Catholic Church successful Minneapolis during a greeting Mass, constabulary said.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said Westman had "some benignant of manifesto that was timed to travel retired connected YouTube, it's been taken down, and our investigators are going done that to effort to make a motive."

In the video, the shooter films respective guns, including a firearm and a pistol, for what appears to beryllium a detailed, planned attack. The shooter besides shows a bevy of bullets and weapon magazines. 

The firearms and magazines had notes and drawings scrawled successful a metallic pen. 

One work “kill Donald Trump,” according to the Department of Homeland Security. Another had the names of different wide shooters. Some weapons and magazines besides had radical and antigay slurs written.   

The shooter appeared to beryllium fixated connected guns and pans the video to an arsenal of weapons and firearms equipment, including utilized people insubstantial and shooting gloves.

Police said Westman was equipped with a rifle, shotgun and pistol and approached the broadside of the church. They changeable done the windows toward the children sitting successful the pews. 

Westman, who was successful their aboriginal 20s, changeable themselves down the church, authorities said. The motive for the shooting is inactive nether investigation.

The 2 children killed were ages 8 and 10. Fourteen of those injured were besides children, constabulary said. 

Annunciation School serves pre-kindergarten done eighth grade. Classes began connected Monday, and the schoolhouse was scheduled to person an all-school Mass connected Wednesday morning.

“Don’t conscionable accidental this is astir thoughts and prayers close now,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said astatine a quality league extracurricular the school. “These kids were virtually praying. It was the archetypal week of school. They were successful a church.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.