Overview

• Rosie O’Donnell said on TikTok that the Minneapolis attacker was a “white guy, Republican, MAGA person” and a “white supremacist,” according to the coverage.
• Reports cite the shooter’s own materials, including a message calling for President Trump’s murder, to dispute O’Donnell’s assertion.
• Police confirmed two children—Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10—were killed and 17 others were injured, and the attacker died by suicide at the church.
• Investigators recovered a manifesto and pre-attack videos displaying ammunition and firearms, with writings praising past mass shootings and violent fantasies.
• Court records show the attacker legally changed the name to Robin in 2019 to reflect a female identification, and shots were fired through a stained-glass window during a weekly morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church.