Ed has already added an update here but there’s quite a lot of new video and detail about the Minneapolis shooter so I’m going to collect some of it here.
First, no official source has identified the shooter (as I write this) but police have said he was in his 20s and had no criminal history. Online meanwhile, people have zeroed in on Robin Westman who posted videos showing off an arsenal prior to the attack.
A few things to notice in this clip:
- Two mentions of President Trump. One written on a magazine said “Kill Donald Trump.” The other written on his rifle said “Kill Trump Now!” Both messages were written relatively small compared to some of the other things he wrote.
- “Where is your God?” written on another magazine.
- “Why so Queerious?” which is apparently a reference to this dubious piece of music.
- There are also several references to Israel including a smoke bomb on which he wrote “Extra Thicc Jew Gas.” Also “Burn Israel” on his rifle and “6 Million Wasn’t Enough” on a holster.
Here’s an 11 minute video. It’s mostly him showing off his weapons.
The alleged Minneapolis shooter uploaded this onto Youtube this morning, no media sources have confirmed the identity and if this is not the individual, they most certainly belong on an FBI watchlist. This individual goes by the name Robin Westman pic.twitter.com/qFyJatNwhz
— Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) August 27, 2025
He left behind a note which reads like a suicide note.
The Minneapolis shooter’s name is Robin Westman. Here is his written manifesto: pic.twitter.com/vRSoY4IBhW
— RoundChibben (@TotalBodyPubic) August 27, 2025
After saying goodbye to his family and friends he writes:
I have wanted this for so long. I am not well. I am not right. I am a sad person haunted by these thoughts that do not go away. I know this is wrong but I can’t seem to stop myself. I am severely depressed and have been suicidal for years. Only recently have I lost all hope and decided to perform my final action against this world. I don’t want to kneel down for the injustices of this world. I want to die. I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees, constantly in pain.
He goes on to say that he fears he has undiagnosed lung cancer from vaping too much. Then some more comments to his family and it ends with a drawing of an explosion from the muzzle of a gun.
He also has a bunch of other writings. Is this his manifesto or just a diary? I can’t tell because he apparently wrote this in Cyrillic alphabet. At least that’s what it looks like, I’m no expert. Another clip includes a drawing of what looks like a church floorplan. In the video he points at this page and then stabs it with a knife.
BREAKING: I have saved screenshots and recordings of the video manifesto of the Minnesota Catholic School Shooter Robin Westman that he uploaded to YouTube. Warning, it is disturbing and graphic. In the video, he whispers and hums to himself “I wanna kill kill myself” and stabs… pic.twitter.com/wWcd5nlbA6
— Jake Jackson (@realjakejacks) August 27, 2025
People have also dug up a name change form which says Robert Westman wanted to become Robin because he identified as a woman.
Court records confirm that Robert Westman at the time of name change identified as a woman and changed his name to Robin to reflect his new identity as a woman. pic.twitter.com/tZMOUsDuy1
— Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) August 27, 2025
And now the identification is official:
According to KARE 11 investigative reporter A.J. Lagoe, the shooter was 23-year-old Robin, formerly Robert, Westman. Law enforcement sources said Westman grew up in Richfield and that her mother was an employee at Annunciation School.
The NY Post has it too:
Robin Westman, who is in his early 20s, opened fire through the stained glass windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during a celebratory back-to-school Mass filled with children, around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police are investigating whether a series of sick YouTube videos shared on an account hours before the shooting was connected to Westman, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Meanwhile, Mayor Jacob Frey does the standard Democratic thing where he craps all over “thoughts and prayers” for the victims.
🚨 BREAKING: Democrat Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey SLAMS people for saying to “pray” after the Catholic church sho*ting.
“DON’T just say this is about ‘thoughts and prayers’ right now. These kids were literally PRAYING.”
What a WEIRD thing to attack after multiple children… pic.twitter.com/ytVJec7mxJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 27, 2025
This is a pretty repulsive thing to say at this moment before anyone has said anything of the kind really. Frey is following a script developed by Democrats which is designed to make gun control an issue after any shooting. But the way he brings is up here apropos of nothing, as if Christians are heartless fiends is repulsive. He almost seems to be echoing the shooter’s message, scrawled on his weapon:
Jacob Frey: Don’t just say thoughts and prayers
Robin Westman: Where is Your God
Minneapolis Mayor and Annunciation School shooter share anti Catholic messages pic.twitter.com/LPDnpHGTrv
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) August 27, 2025
And this person is doing the same.
Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers.
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) August 27, 2025
Some responses.
This kind of rhetoric has become its own kind of empty incantation. https://t.co/Sc9hij3WnM
— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) August 27, 2025
Some people pray and some people tweet.
Tweets are fine though. Just not prayers. https://t.co/hNBOb6rYrg
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) August 27, 2025
Interesting thought experiment:
Ask yourself how an actual demon would respond to Christian children being martyred by a demon-possessed monster. Probably with explicit mockery of God and prayer. Then ask yourself why Psaki’s response is exactly how an actual demon would respond. https://t.co/ZWxlLxlyYv
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 27, 2025
She is of course a hypocrite.
https://t.co/tSb5NnajC7 pic.twitter.com/q5CbJISuY3
— Andrew Wilkow (@WilkowMajority) August 27, 2025
Anyway, this is obviously not the first shooting of Christian children by a disturbed trans person. At what point will the media start connecting these dots?
I’ll probably add some updates below as we get more information.
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