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[td]| {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...nciation-school-shooting-gunman-b2815135.html |title=Terror at Minneapolis church: Robin Westman identified as suspect in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt |date=August 27, 2025 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Kelly |last=Rissman}}[/td] [td]| {{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |last2=Harmon |first2=Amy |last3=Toler |first3=Aric |title=Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2025 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html |access-date=August 28, 2025}}[/td]
[td]| {{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |last2=Harmon |first2=Amy |last3=Toler |first3=Aric |title=Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2025 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html |access-date=August 28, 2025}}[/td] [td]}}</ref> Westman grew up in nearby [[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] and reportedly attended Annunciation School before graduating in 2017. Westman at one point identified as transgender, but struggled with the identity. Westman's name was [[Name change|legally changed]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Kelly |last1=Rissman |first2=James |last2=Liddell |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Who is Robin Westman? What we know about Minneapolis church shooting suspect |url=https://www.the-independent.com/new...ting-church-annunciation-school-b2815456.html |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> but before the attack Westman expressed being "tired of being trans" and wished to have "never brainwashed myself" in a diary entry. Westman further wrote that "I don't want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don't feel like a man."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-to...vent-their-escape-8kf23rzwl|title=Minneapolis church shooting victim named as Fletcher Merkel, eight|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=August 28, 2025|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', citing claims circulating on social media, Westman's mother worked as an administrative assistant at the school's business office from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{bulleted list||{{Cite news |last=Lait |first=Matt |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Church shooting suspect attended Annunciation Catholic's grade school, yearbook shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuf8cxj0000356ngnv5vxmp |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}|{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Minneapolis School Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Identified in Attack That Killed 2 Children and Injured 14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-church-shooting |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}|{{cite news |title=Update: Gunman who killed 2 children in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting identified, sources say |url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/regional-nati...cle_29573f2b-9f4d-5311-ad8f-831d0f7a660d.html |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[WRCB-TV]] |date=August 27, 2025}}}}</ref><ref name="BBC News-2025" /><ref name="Knowles-2025">{{Cite news |last=Knowles |first=Hannah |last2=Regan |first2=Sheila |last3=Kaur |first3=Anumita |last4=Thebault |first4=Reis |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Children prayed for 'a future filled with hope.' Then the gunfire began. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/annunciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...unciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>[/td]
[td]}}</ref> Westman grew up in nearby [[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] and reportedly attended Annunciation School before graduating in 2017. Westman at one point identified as transgender,{{discuss|section=The_shooter_had_detransitioned}} but struggled with the identity. Westman's name was [[Name change|legally changed]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Kelly |last1=Rissman |first2=James |last2=Liddell |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Who is Robin Westman? What we know about Minneapolis church shooting suspect |url=https://www.the-independent.com/new...ting-church-annunciation-school-b2815456.html |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> but before the attack Westman expressed being "tired of being trans" and wished to have "never brainwashed myself" in a diary entry. Westman further wrote that "I don't want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don't feel like a man."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-to...vent-their-escape-8kf23rzwl|title=Minneapolis church shooting victim named as Fletcher Merkel, eight|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=August 28, 2025|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', citing claims circulating on social media, Westman's mother worked as an administrative assistant at the school's business office from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{bulleted list||{{Cite news |last=Lait |first=Matt |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Church shooting suspect attended Annunciation Catholic's grade school, yearbook shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuf8cxj0000356ngnv5vxmp |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}|{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Minneapolis School Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Identified in Attack That Killed 2 Children and Injured 14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-church-shooting |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}|{{cite news |title=Update: Gunman who killed 2 children in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting identified, sources say |url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/regional-nati...cle_29573f2b-9f4d-5311-ad8f-831d0f7a660d.html |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[WRCB-TV]] |date=August 27, 2025}}}}</ref><ref name="BBC News-2025" /><ref name="Knowles-2025">{{Cite news |last=Knowles |first=Hannah |last2=Regan |first2=Sheila |last3=Kaur |first3=Anumita |last4=Thebault |first4=Reis |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Children prayed for 'a future filled with hope.' Then the gunfire began. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/annunciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...unciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Westman's father's house, located less than {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from the church, was cordoned off with crime scene tape and police were stationed outside.<ref name="Minnesota Star Tribune-2025" /> On the day of the shooting, MPD Chief O'Hara said that Westman had purchased the weapons "recently".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangal |first=Aditi |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Weapons used in shooting were purchased recently, police chief says |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuee19h00143b6utgkfrtr4 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Westman's father's house, located less than {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from the church, was cordoned off with crime scene tape and police were stationed outside.<ref name="Minnesota Star Tribune-2025" /> On the day of the shooting, MPD Chief O'Hara said that Westman had purchased the weapons "recently".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangal |first=Aditi |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Weapons used in shooting were purchased recently, police chief says |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuee19h00143b6utgkfrtr4 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]| {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...nciation-school-shooting-gunman-b2815135.html |title=Terror at Minneapolis church: Robin Westman identified as suspect in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt |date=August 27, 2025 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Kelly |last=Rissman}}[/td]Revision as of 01:04, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]| {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...nciation-school-shooting-gunman-b2815135.html |title=Terror at Minneapolis church: Robin Westman identified as suspect in shooting that left two children dead and 17 others hurt |date=August 27, 2025 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Kelly |last=Rissman}}[/td] [td]| {{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |last2=Harmon |first2=Amy |last3=Toler |first3=Aric |title=Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2025 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html |access-date=August 28, 2025}}[/td]
[td]| {{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |last2=Harmon |first2=Amy |last3=Toler |first3=Aric |title=Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 27, 2025 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html |access-date=August 28, 2025}}[/td] [td]}}</ref> Westman grew up in nearby [[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] and reportedly attended Annunciation School before graduating in 2017. Westman at one point identified as transgender, but struggled with the identity. Westman's name was [[Name change|legally changed]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Kelly |last1=Rissman |first2=James |last2=Liddell |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Who is Robin Westman? What we know about Minneapolis church shooting suspect |url=https://www.the-independent.com/new...ting-church-annunciation-school-b2815456.html |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> but before the attack Westman expressed being "tired of being trans" and wished to have "never brainwashed myself" in a diary entry. Westman further wrote that "I don't want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don't feel like a man."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-to...vent-their-escape-8kf23rzwl|title=Minneapolis church shooting victim named as Fletcher Merkel, eight|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=August 28, 2025|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', citing claims circulating on social media, Westman's mother worked as an administrative assistant at the school's business office from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{bulleted list||{{Cite news |last=Lait |first=Matt |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Church shooting suspect attended Annunciation Catholic's grade school, yearbook shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuf8cxj0000356ngnv5vxmp |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}|{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Minneapolis School Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Identified in Attack That Killed 2 Children and Injured 14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-church-shooting |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}|{{cite news |title=Update: Gunman who killed 2 children in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting identified, sources say |url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/regional-nati...cle_29573f2b-9f4d-5311-ad8f-831d0f7a660d.html |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[WRCB-TV]] |date=August 27, 2025}}}}</ref><ref name="BBC News-2025" /><ref name="Knowles-2025">{{Cite news |last=Knowles |first=Hannah |last2=Regan |first2=Sheila |last3=Kaur |first3=Anumita |last4=Thebault |first4=Reis |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Children prayed for 'a future filled with hope.' Then the gunfire began. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/annunciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...unciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>[/td]
[td]}}</ref> Westman grew up in nearby [[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] and reportedly attended Annunciation School before graduating in 2017. Westman at one point identified as transgender,{{discuss|section=The_shooter_had_detransitioned}} but struggled with the identity. Westman's name was [[Name change|legally changed]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Kelly |last1=Rissman |first2=James |last2=Liddell |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Who is Robin Westman? What we know about Minneapolis church shooting suspect |url=https://www.the-independent.com/new...ting-church-annunciation-school-b2815456.html |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> but before the attack Westman expressed being "tired of being trans" and wished to have "never brainwashed myself" in a diary entry. Westman further wrote that "I don't want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don't feel like a man."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-to...vent-their-escape-8kf23rzwl|title=Minneapolis church shooting victim named as Fletcher Merkel, eight|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=August 28, 2025|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', citing claims circulating on social media, Westman's mother worked as an administrative assistant at the school's business office from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{bulleted list||{{Cite news |last=Lait |first=Matt |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Church shooting suspect attended Annunciation Catholic's grade school, yearbook shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuf8cxj0000356ngnv5vxmp |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}|{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Minneapolis School Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Identified in Attack That Killed 2 Children and Injured 14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-church-shooting |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}|{{cite news |title=Update: Gunman who killed 2 children in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting identified, sources say |url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/regional-nati...cle_29573f2b-9f4d-5311-ad8f-831d0f7a660d.html |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[WRCB-TV]] |date=August 27, 2025}}}}</ref><ref name="BBC News-2025" /><ref name="Knowles-2025">{{Cite news |last=Knowles |first=Hannah |last2=Regan |first2=Sheila |last3=Kaur |first3=Anumita |last4=Thebault |first4=Reis |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Children prayed for 'a future filled with hope.' Then the gunfire began. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/annunciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...unciation-church-school-shooting-minneapolis/ |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |access-date=August 28, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Westman's father's house, located less than {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from the church, was cordoned off with crime scene tape and police were stationed outside.<ref name="Minnesota Star Tribune-2025" /> On the day of the shooting, MPD Chief O'Hara said that Westman had purchased the weapons "recently".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangal |first=Aditi |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Weapons used in shooting were purchased recently, police chief says |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuee19h00143b6utgkfrtr4 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Westman's father's house, located less than {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from the church, was cordoned off with crime scene tape and police were stationed outside.<ref name="Minnesota Star Tribune-2025" /> On the day of the shooting, MPD Chief O'Hara said that Westman had purchased the weapons "recently".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangal |first=Aditi |date=August 27, 2025 |title=Weapons used in shooting were purchased recently, police chief says |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/an...s-shooting-08-27-25#cmeuee19h00143b6utgkfrtr4 |access-date=August 27, 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>[/td]
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