Toni Waterman: US Correspondent on the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis

A Minneapolis Catholic school's been left devastated after a gunman killed two children and injured 17 other people. 

He was armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol, and shot through the church windows before turning a gun on himself.

Annunciation Catholic School was marking their first week of school with morning mass and had highlighted their theme for the year as 'hope'. 

US Correspondent Toni Waterman told Ryan Bridge the shooter doesn’t have an extensive criminal history, despite showing up fully armed. 

It’s unknown what the motive was at this stage. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Another school shooting in the US, this time Minneapolis at
a Catholic school. Reporter is Tony Waterman, a US correspondent
joining US Tony, what's the lightest on this?

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Well, just an absolutely horrific situation playing out early this morning.
The school was actually at mass. It was the first
week of school. They were there celebrating the start of
a new school year, and according to officials, a gunman
came up to the side of that church and shot
through the windows directly at students. Two children have now

(00:32):
been confirmed dead, eight and ten years old, killed essentially
while sitting in the pew of a church praying. Fourteen
other children were injured. Officials say that two of them
are in critical condition right now, and also three adults
were injured. Officials say that the shooter acted alone and
then it seems as if he shot himself self inflicted gunwound.

(00:55):
They say he was in his early twenties, that he
does not have an extensive criminal history, but he really
showed up there fully prepared for this. Police said that
he showed up with a rifle and a pistol and
that he was firing all three of the weapons that
he had on hand.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
I know it's early tiny, but any idea why, or
whether it was a former student or anything like that.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Officials say they don't know if this is a former
student or a former employee at the school. They said
that he left behind a vehicle that they are searching
through trying to get any sort of information they can
about what a potential motive would be in this case.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
All right, Tony, appreciate that. Up that Tony Woodman, a
US correspondent.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
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