A 13-year-old boy has been identified as one of the 17 people injured when psycho transgender shooter Robin Westman opened fire inside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis Wednesday morning.
Endre Gunter was shot in the stomach when Westman, who identifies as a transgender woman, unleashed a barrage of bullets through the church’s stained-glass windows during a celebratory back-to-school Mass filled with kids around 8:30 a.m., his mother said in a statement to CNN.
“Our son was shot at school today, inside a church praying with his classmates,” his mother, Danielle, told the outlet.
She added that the young teen underwent surgery and is now recovering.
The shaken parent went on to thank a heroic Minneapolis police officer who rushed to their wounded eighth-grade son’s side, rendered aid and then prayed with the boy after he was struck.
“He said the officer rendered aid, hugged him, reassured him, and prayed with him before getting into the ambulance,” Endre’s mother said in the statement.
The family is now focused on helping the traumatized boy “rebuild his life, his trust, and his confidence.”
“We pray that everyone touched by this tragedy can find the strength to begin rebuilding too,” she said.
Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the bloodshed.
The horror left 17 injured, including 14 children between the ages of 6 and 15, and three elderly parishioners in their 80s, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.
The victims, who sustained a range of injuries in the gunfire, are all expected to survive.
Westman, 23, was found dead at the harrowing scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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