NEW: Somali immigrant & Minneapolis council member Jamal Osman says Trump is "racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic" before speaking in Somali so Minnesota residents could understand.

JUST IN: The Minneapolis police chief is demanding Somalians and residents CALL 911 on ICE if they start arresting 3rd world migrants with a mask on, and accuse them of "KIDNAPPING"

Unbelievable!

Wrongfully convicted dad freed after 27 years in prison as key witness confesses to the murder.

After being falsely implicated by a woman, Bryan Hooper Sr. was wrongfully convicted and served almost thirty years in prison.

It all started in April 1998, when police discovered Ann Prazniak’s body in the closet of her Minneapolis apartment, inside a cardboard box covered with Christmas lights. According to court documents, she had died two weeks to a month before police discovered her body, and her cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation.

That same year, a jury found Hooper guilty of premeditated murder, felony murder while committing burglary, and felony murder while committing kidnapping in relation to the death of Prazniak, then 77.

Hooper’s conviction was largely based on testimony from a woman who officials say has now admitted to the crime.

He was given three life sentences, with the possibility of release after 30 years. In 2020, a judge approved his request to dismiss two of three first-degree murder charges after he claimed he had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced for three counts of first-degree murder against the same individual.

Last month, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced her office’s support for Hooper’s release, stating that a key trial witness recanted her evidence during the office’s assessment of the case and confessed to killing Prazniak and concealing her remains. According to Moriarty, the jailhouse informants who had accused Hooper had long since recanted their testimony.

Both the Great North Innocence Project and Moriarty’s office requested that the court vacate Hooper’s conviction.

On Wednesday, September 3, State District Court Judge Marta Chou vacated Hooper’s conviction for first-degree murder. A representative for the Great North Innocence Project confirmed that he was released from the Stillwater Correctional Facility on September 4.

Minneapolis School Shooting: Two Children Dead, Multiple Victims Injured.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed that two children were killed and 17 wounded in the tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic School during the first week of classes.

Among the victims were 14 children and three elderly parishioners. O’Hara told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that the injured are expected to survive, with some already released from the hospital. “They had a range of injuries. One, I believe, was like a graze woumd from a gunshot,” he said.

“All the way to some very, very serious and life-threatening injuries that thankfully they are expected to survive from.” Investigators recovered three legally purchased firearms from the scene. O’Hara confirmed the shooter had recently obtained a state-issued permit to buy firearms.

“I don’t have information about where specifically those weapons were purchased, but they were purchased lawfully,” he noted.

Four search warrants have been executed at the church and three Twin Cities residences linked to the suspect, Robin Westman, 23. Authorities, with help from the FBI, are reviewing seized documents.

O’Hara revealed that Westman released a manifesto on YouTube containing “disturbing writings” and added, “What we’ve seen so far is just a variety of hate.

Right now, we don’t have a clear motive… we’re hopeful that once we are able to go through the scene and all of the evidence that’s collected, that we’ll be able to better provide answers for our community.” Police also said Westman had personal ties to the parish. “We believe that the suspect, at some point, was a student here, or a member of the parish, and that a family member here also worked for the church,” O’Hara explained.

The Minneapolis community is left reeling as investigators work to piece together a motive. While survivors begin their long recovery, officials stress their commitment to uncovering the full truth behind the attack.

Tragedy in Minneapolis: Shooter Kills 2 Children, Injures 17 at Church
Heartbreak in Minnesota. A gunman opened fire during a school Mass at Annunciation Church, killing two children (ages 8 and 10) and injuring 17 others, including 14 kids.
Minneapolis, Wednesday morning
The students were celebrating their first week back to school.
The shooter, in his 20s, used multiple weapons before taking his own life in the church parking lot.
Police and emergency services responded quickly, but the damage was devastating. Two victims remain in critical condition.
“Two young children were killed where they sat in the pews,” said Police Chief Brian O’Hara.
Governor Tim Walz: “Praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence.”
#Minneapolis #GunViolence #SchoolShooting #AnnunciationChurch #PrayForMinnesota

Several injured in Minneapolis school shooting and attacker no longer a threat, police say.