OAN Staff Abril Elfi
6:16 PM – Wednesday, August 27, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school.
On Wednesday, Trump released a proclamation stating that all American flags on public buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sunday.
“I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 31, 2025,” the proclamation said.
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Shortly after the proclamation was released, the flag atop the White House was also lowered.
Two children, ages eight and 10, were fatally shot during their 8:15 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, and the shooter killed himself after opening fire on the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school.
The now-deceased gunman has been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as 23-year-old Robin Westman, according to a law enforcement official who spoke with The Associated Press.
Westman uploaded a video to YouTube showcasing his magazines, which bore inscriptions such as “Kill Donald Trump” and “Where is your God?”
However, despite Westman’s manifesto, his written messages on the magazines, and his familial connection to the church and school, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara stated that he had “no information” on a possible motive for the shooter. He reported a total of 19 victims.
“Two were young children, ages eight and 10, that were sitting in the pews at Mass when they were shot and killed. They were pronounced deceased on the scene,” O’Hara stated. “There were another 14 children between the ages of six and 15 that were injured by gunfire. There were also three adults in their eighties that were parishioners here attending Mass that were also shot in this incident.”
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