Minnesota Shooting: WNBA star calls for strict firearm control laws
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Dallas Wings star, Paige Bueckers, called for more strict firearms control on Wednesday a few hours after a shooting out of shooting in a Catholic Minnesota church killed two and several wounded.
The suspect has been identified as Robert or Robin Westman, said sources of application of the law to Fox News. He was carrying three firearms during the attack on the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, the authorities announced.
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The Dallas Paige Bueckers (5) wings goalkeeper in action against the Golden State Valkyries during the second half at the College Park Center. (Images Kevin Jairaj / Imagn)
Bueckers, who went to Hopkins High School in Minnesota before committing to Uconn to play university basketball, addressed the shooting before the wings play Connecticut Sun.
“I sent prayers … It’s really unhappy,” she said, via Winsidr. “I hope there are more stringent laws on firearms so that parents do not have to worry about sending their children to school, people do not have to worry about frequenting the church and all these places are safe.
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The law enforcement agents meet outside the school of the Annunciation church in response to a mass shooting reported on Wednesday August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Bruce Kluckhohn / AP Photo)
“It is really regrettable that armed violence continues to be a problem and there is really nothing to do on this subject. I hope and pray for stricter laws to be set up. You have to pray for people who cross things like that, for families involved. Pray so that people get this disease, this violence. It is simply very unhappy.”
Police said 17 people were injured, including 14 children. Two of the 17 people injured are in critical condition.
People arrive at the School of the Annunciation church while the police responded to a mass shooting reported on Wednesday August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Bruce Kluckhohn / AP Photo)
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The authorities said that the deceased children were 8 and 10 years old.
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News contributed to this report.
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