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MN GOP Seeks Shooter's Drug Records After Tragedy

9/17/2025

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Minnesota GOP lawmakers are requesting autopsy and toxicology records for the Annunciation Church shooter to explore the influence of psychotropic drugs.
They want a broader toxicology review, including antidepressants and gender-transition medications.
The shooter killed two children and injured 21 others on August 27 before dying by suicide.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in the potential link between psychiatric drugs and mass shootings.
Research indicates no established connection between psychotropic medications and mass violence, with only 20% of mass shooters having used such drugs.

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Minnesota GOP lawmakers are requesting autopsy and toxicology records for the Annunciation Church shooter to explore the influence of psychotropic drugs.
They want a broader toxicology review, including antidepressants and gender-transition medications.
The shooter killed two children and injured 21 others on August 27 before dying by suicide.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in the potential link between psychiatric drugs and mass shootings.
Research indicates no established connection between psychotropic medications and mass violence, with only 20% of mass shooters having used such drugs.