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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Pardon.

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Speaker 1: New information is surfacing following the tragic shooting at Annunciation

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Speaker 1: Catholic School in the Minneapolis during a mass attended by

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Speaker 1: young students, resulting in the debts of two children and

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Speaker 1: the injuries to over a dozen others. The assailant took

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Speaker 1: his own life at the church, which is connected to

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Speaker 1: a school, on Wednesday during a mass that marked the

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Speaker 1: start of the school year. Eighteen additional children and adults

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Speaker 1: were injured. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara reported at a

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Speaker 1: press conference that the department received reports of gunfire around

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Speaker 1: eight twenty seven am. A police officer arrived on the

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Speaker 1: scene by eight point thirty one and was guided to

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Speaker 1: the shooter's location by a parishioner. O'Hara revealed that the

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Speaker 1: shooter used a rifle to fire through a church window

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Speaker 1: and also was equipped with a shotgun and a handgun.

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Speaker 1: The attack began at the start of mass, and authorities

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Speaker 1: have recovered three shot shells and one hundred and sixteen

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Speaker 1: rounds from the rifle, along with the malfunctioning live round

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Speaker 1: that was found in the handgun that got lodged in

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Speaker 1: the chamber. A government official familiar with the investigation disclosed

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Speaker 1: that the shooter was dressed entirely in black. The two

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Speaker 1: young victims, identified by their families as eight year old

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Speaker 1: Fletcher and ten year old Harper, were tragically killed while

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Speaker 1: seated in the pews during mass. Eighteen others were heard

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Speaker 1: in the incident, including fifteen children ranging in age between

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Speaker 1: six and fifteen. The number of injured increased from seventeen

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Speaker 1: to eighteen after officials confirmed another child was transported to

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Speaker 1: the hospital by a private car. Among the injured adults

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Speaker 1: where three parishioners, all in their eighties. Police quickly entered

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Speaker 1: the church to administer first aid, and the injured were

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Speaker 1: reportedly transported to local hospitals. Sources revealed to CBS News

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Speaker 1: that the shooter was identified as twenty three year old

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Speaker 1: Robin Westman from a suburb of Minneacapolis, who acted alone.

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Speaker 1: Westman ultimately succumbed to a self inflicted gunshot wound in

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Speaker 1: the back of the church. According to O'Hara, Westman had

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Speaker 1: legally purchased the three firearms used in the attack, and

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Speaker 1: he had no known criminal background. He noted that Minnesota

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Speaker 1: laws would not have prevented Westman from obtaining the weapons.

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Speaker 1: Reports indicate that the shooter had visited the church weeks

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Speaker 1: prior to the incident and appeared to conduct a surveillance

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Speaker 1: of the area, as confirmed by a Minnesota official and

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Speaker 1: a federal law enforcement source. A former teacher remembered Westman

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Speaker 1: as an unusual child who exhibited odd behavior, but also

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Speaker 1: displayed signs of needing help. She mentioned noticing self harm

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Speaker 1: indicators and reporting them, but was aware of the outcomes.

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Speaker 1: Police executed search warrants at three locations associated with the shooter,

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Speaker 1: recovering additional firearms, as stated by O'Hara. He also mentioned

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Speaker 1: they had collected hundreds of pieces of evidence and were

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Speaker 1: examining all of his electronic devices while police are still

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Speaker 1: investigating the motive. O'Hara described the shooter as quote deranged

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Speaker 1: with a fascination for previous mass shootings. There has yet

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Speaker 1: to be a clear triggering event. He identified this individual

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Speaker 1: harbored a wide range of hatred towards various individuals and groups,

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Speaker 1: O'Hara stated. He emphasized that the shooter sought notoriety and

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Speaker 1: was intrigued by mass shootings. The investigators have noted that

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Speaker 1: the shooter had prepared a video for YouTube that coincided

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Speaker 1: with the shooting, described by O'Hara as a manifesto containing

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Speaker 1: disturbing writings. The account and its content have since been removed,

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Speaker 1: and the FBI, along with other law enforcement agencies, are

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Speaker 1: reviewing the materials. The shooting is being treated as an

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Speaker 1: act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime directed at Catholics,

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Speaker 1: according to FBI Director Cash Battail. In a post on

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Speaker 1: social media, Patel mentioned that the shooter left behind me

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Speaker 1: and multiple anti Catholic, anti religious references, displayed hatred and

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Speaker 1: violence toward Jewish people, and made explicit calls for violence

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Speaker 1: against President Trump on a firearm magazine. Reports circulating on

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Speaker 1: social media indicate the shooter used a photo of Jesus

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Speaker 1: Christ for target practice and laughed while showcasing an arsenal

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Speaker 1: of firearms laid out on a bed. Some of the

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Speaker 1: guns featured messages such as Where's your God? Now? Do

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Speaker 1: you believe in God? The suspect appeared to mock the

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Speaker 1: Last Supper and the sacrament of Holy Communion with the

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Speaker 1: phrase take this all of you and eat it. Police

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Speaker 1: said the investigation remains ongoing. More prime in justice news

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Speaker 1: after this A man from Texas has been found guilty

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Speaker 1: of manslaughter in connection with the tragic death of his

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Speaker 1: two month old daughter. Prosecutors contended that he administered Benadrill

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Speaker 1: to the end in an effort to secure uninterrupted quote

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Speaker 1: quality time with his wife. On August twenty eight, in

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Speaker 1: Lubbock County, Texas, Adam Canalis Junior received his conviction related

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Speaker 1: to the passing of his daughter, Athena. Local reports indicate

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Speaker 1: that Adam is currently awaiting sentencing and could face a

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Speaker 1: maximum of twenty years behind bars. Additionally, the child's mother,

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Speaker 1: Sarah Canalis, is also charged with manslaughter and the trial

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Speaker 1: is pending. During the trial, district Attorney Sunshine Staenic highlighted

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Speaker 1: in her closing remarks that Adam's use of the over

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Speaker 1: the counter sleep aid was a misguided attempt to create

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Speaker 1: quote quality time with his wife. Prosecutor Stenik described Adam's

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Speaker 1: actions as selfish and reckless. As reported by the Lubbock Journal,

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Speaker 1: She stated this defendant selfishness led to the death of

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Speaker 1: their daughter, Athena. They routinely gave their children, including Athena,

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Speaker 1: medication to induce sleep whenever they wanted quo quote adult time.

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Speaker 1: In his defense, attorney Christopher Menzi argued that the infant's

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Speaker 1: death was an accident. He explained that the household, which

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Speaker 1: included six children, was chaotic that day, and both Adam

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Speaker 1: and his wife were unaware which of the others had

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Speaker 1: given Benadrill to Athena at different times. On July eleven,

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Speaker 1: Lubbock County Sheriff's deputies responded to an emergency call about

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Speaker 1: an unresponsive baby at the family's home. Unfortunately, Athena was

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Speaker 1: pronounced dead at the scene. Initially, Adam denied administering the drug,

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Speaker 1: but he later confessed after an autopsy determined she had

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Speaker 1: died from mixed drug toxicity. For the latest crime Injustice news,

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