Overview

• Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.
• Two children were killed and 17 people were wounded when gunfire erupted at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
• Investigators say materials linked to Westman included antisemitic slogans, references to other mass shooters, and “Kill Donald Trump” scrawled on firearms, with no coherent ideology established.
• Court records reported by NBC show a parent-filed name change granted in 2020 noting the minor identified as female, and officials have not clarified Westman’s recent self-identification.
• Prominent conservatives highlighted the reported gender identity to push anti-trans policies, while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged the public not to scapegoat transgender people; data cited by HuffPost show trans suspects account for roughly 0.11% of mass-shooting suspects in the past decade.