Minneapolis Shooter Identified: Robin Westman, Former Annunciation Church Student

Liputan6.com, Jakarta The mass shooting that happened in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, has revealed the identity of the perpetrator.

As reported by the New York Post, the suspect responsible for this deadly attack is 23-year-old Robin Westman.

The tragic incident began at approximately 8:30 a.m. local time, as students were attending Mass at the church, marking the opening of the new school year.

Two children were reportedly killed in the incident, while 17 others were injured.

The shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis occurred on the morning of Wednesday, August 27, 2025, during Mass.

The perpetrator, Robin Westman, began his attack just as students were in the middle of worship.

The two children killed in the attack, ages 8 and 10, were both students at Annunciation School.

In addition to the fatalities, 17 others were injured in the shooting.

Of these, 14 were children between the ages of 6 and 15, while the other three were adult parishioners in their 80s who were attending Mass.

The suspect in the deadly shooting at Annunciation Church has been identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman.

Information from senior law enforcement officials confirmed the suspect's identity to NBC News.

Robin Westman was born Robert Westman and legally changed his name to Robin in 2019 or 2021, identifying as a woman.

Westman filed a petition to change his birth name from Robert to Robin in Dakota County, Minnesota, when he was 17, according to court documents.

The name change was granted in January 2020.

“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,” he wrote.

“I really like my outfit. I look pretty, smart and modest. I think I want to wear something like this for my shooting.”

Westman died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after the attack.

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Robin Westman's background suggests a connection to Annunciation Church.

Westman's mother previously worked as an administrative assistant at Annunciation Catholic School and retired in 2021.

Robin Westman herself was a student at the school and graduated from eighth grade in 2017.

Before the incident, Westman posted videos and writings online that indicated her mental state.

The content referred to suicide, "very violent thoughts and ideas," and apologies to her family.

In an entry, he writes, “If I carry out a racially motivated attack, it would be most likely against filthy Zionist jews,” before calling Jewish people “entitled” and “penny-sniffing” before adding “FREE PALESTINE!”

“I hate fascism,” read yet another page, following it up shortly after with “I also love when kids get shot, I love to see kids get torn apart.”

He later bemoaned the media, saying he is “tired of the news headlines.”

“They only talk about brown people dying and I don’t care about them. I like to hear when Israelis get killed, but they don’t like to report on that stuff,” he wrote.

Several articles in Westman's gun magazines were also found containing provocative slogans such as "Kill Donald Trump" and anti-Black, anti-Semitic, anti-Hispanic, and anti-God hate speech.

The demented manifesto sheds light on what appears to be a truly disturbed mind, with Weston musing about a grand “final act” — stating a desire to take out “a target of political or societal significance” before he died.

“Targets like Musk, Trump or some significant exec.”

However, Westman claimed he had no political motive.

“I don’t want to [do] it to spread a message. I do it to please myself. I do it because I am sick,” he wrote.

In the attack, Robin Westman used several firearms, including a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol.

The weapons were reportedly legally purchased by Westman, who had no prior criminal record.

The perpetrator also used wooden planks to barricade the church door, suggesting an attempt to lock the victims inside.

FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the shooting is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics.

The investigation is working to determine the underlying motive behind the brutal attack.

Four search warrants are being executed at the church and three other locations around the metropolitan area, where additional firearms have been recovered.