Suspect in Minneapolis school shooting identified

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28 Aug 2025 • 1:57 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • A shooting at Annunciation Catholic School church in Minneapolis resulted in the deaths of two children, aged 8 and 10, and injuries to 14 other children and three adults.
  • The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, was armed with a rifle, shotgun and a pistol and opened fire during morning Mass, before dying by suicide as law enforcement arrived.
  • Police stated Westman had no criminal history, and while the motive remains unclear, online videos and a manifesto linked to the shooter reveal an obsession with mass killers and neo-Nazi ideologies.
  • Westman, who identified as a woman in court documents and whose mother worked at the school, barricaded doors and fired through stained-glass windows during the attack.
  • Disturbing online content attributed to Westman included detailed plans of the church, weapons inscribed with names of other mass murderers, and references to killing Donald Trump and neo-Nazi sentiments.

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