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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Erin Keller

Trump administration cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting

A month before the fatal Minneapolis church shooting, the Trump administration cut $18.5 million in funding from a Homeland Security program aimed at identifying and preventing potential mass shooters.

In July, the administration significantly downsized the DHS’ Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), which administers the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program. This initiative had previously funded local efforts to identify and prevent potential mass shooters.

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