Overview

• Authorities and media reports identify the shooter as 23-year-old Robin (Robert) Westman, who killed two students at Annunciation Catholic Church and wounded others before dying by suicide.
• The children killed were named as Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, with several additional victims reported to remain hospitalized in critical condition.
• New York Post translations of Westman’s journals quote him blaming gender transition and marijuana for mental health problems and expressing hostility toward religious groups and public figures.
• Former teacher Sarah Reely says she reported evidence of self-harm on Westman’s arms years earlier at an all-boys Catholic high school, adding it is unclear what action, if any, followed.
• Separate leaked footage highlighted by Ben Shapiro shows AMA figures citing about a 2% post-surgery regret rate, a claim critics say rests on narrow data, intensifying scrutiny of professional guidance and screening.