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Shooting during Mass at Minnesota Catholic school leaves 2 dead, 17 others injured
2025-08-28
Two children were killed and 17 people were injured — 14 of them children — in a shooting Wednesday morning at a Minneapolis Catholic school, as students, staff and parishioners were gathered for a Mass to mark the first week of classes.

The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, was found dead in the back of the church from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. Authorities say they are still investigating Westman's motive for the attack.

"This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping," O'Hara told reporters. "The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible."

Youtube.com most helpfully erased the killer's socialist media presense, but others have captured some of it. Some of the links are repetitive:
The two tweets badanov posts below have what appear to be the killer’s manifesto:
Townhall

Austen Ayers

Courtesy of Elmomoter Mussolini9149:



Some of the references explained:
Videos linked to Minneapolis shooting suspect show antisemitic, anti-Israel messages
​[IsraelTimes] Alleged shooter posted videos showing weapons with the slogans ‘burn Israel,’ ‘6 million wasn’t enough’ and references to 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooter.


School shooting designated domestic terror; suspect may have held antisemitic views
[IsraelTimes] FBI Director Kash Patel says a deadly school shooting in Minneapolis is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics.

Patel identifies the attacker as Robin Westman, who public records show to be a 23-year-old resident of the area. Court records show Westman’s name was changed from Robert Westman in 2020 on the grounds that they identified as female.

Officials say the shooter did not have an extensive criminal history and note they are trying to identify a motive.

Authorities say they found a smoke bomb at the scene and were searching a vehicle in the parking lot.

Public records show Westman’s mother, Mary Westman, had worked as an administrative assistant at Annunciation Church.

Posted by:badanov

#14  Once again a crazy person has somehow gotten hold of a gun. How? That's one question. We'd also like a toxicology report and then, who put the buzz into this crazy person's ear?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-08-28 11:27  

#13  POTUS orders US flags at half staff. Getting minimal MSM coverage, as expected. See here.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-08-28 10:43  

#12  I'll take your word for it Hupe. Disturbing enough on it's own.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-28 10:43  

#11  One of the most depraved comments I've so far encountered on the web, from the X account of Maxwell Frost D-FL, go here: https://x.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1960744543579726064?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-08-28 10:37  

#10  And Minneapolis' beloved mayor took the opportunity to decry any harsh thoughts directed toward "our transgender community". Not much sympathy for the kids who were killed or wounded, tho.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-08-28 10:29  

#9  Speaking of other "public gatherings" this shooting happened in MN the day before the Annunciation church shooting:
1 killed, 6 injured Tuesday when gunman opens fire on Minnesota sidewalk
One person was killed and six more were injured when a gunman sprayed dozens of rounds at a group standing on a sidewalk across from a high school in Minneapolis on Aug. 26, authorities said.Officers responded to calls about shots fired just before 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 and found one man dead on the sidewalk, and five men and one woman who were injured. Investigators determined that a lone gunman stepped out of a vehicle near the intersection of Clinton Avenue and East 29th Street and fired about 30 rounds at people who were standing on a sidewalk before leaving in the vehicle.

These sorts of shooting have gotten so common they only get more than minimal news coverage when someone is killed.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-08-28 10:07  

#8  Matt Margolis PJ Media:
The mainstream media's coverage of the Minneapolis school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School represents perhaps the most brazen attempt at gaslighting the American public I've seen in a long time, if not ever. When a transgender shooter kills two children and wounds seventeen others during a Catholic mass marking the start of the school year, and authorities claim they have "no information to share on a motive," we're not dealing with incompetence—we're dealing with deliberate deception.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-08-28 10:00  

#7  Court records show Westman’s name was changed from Robert Westman in 2020 on the grounds that they identified as female.

A bit confused about his gender was he? Quick quiz below. Identify the gender of this Angus.

Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-28 09:34  

#6  Notice how quickly the Left goes to 'do not villianize' the shooter. If a shooter was any way indirectly white/MAGA they would be going full mob incitement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-08-28 09:16  

#5  Trump should hire 4-6 former infantry/Marines/SF per school as US Marshalls with the orders "Any shooter gets exterminated with EXTREME prejudice. No prisoners wanted or accepted." Give them full kit. I don't mind my taxes being used for motivated, capable men to guard our kids.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2025-08-28 08:59  

#4  
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-08-28 06:56  

#3  ^^ The townhall.com link is intact. Just scroll down
Posted by: badanov   2025-08-28 06:51  

#2  
Given a few of the available shooter's pic's.

Was he another mentally ill Trans Shooter and the MSM, SM & "Minneapolis" Police avoiding it.

BTW: Thanks Badanov for the links.

While the TOWNHALL link X has been pulled.
"Austin Ayers" link and all 23+ mins was still valid as of 5:50am US-EST.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-08-28 05:58  

#1  Any public gathering could be next.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2025-08-28 00:46  

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