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The shooter who opened fire in the church of a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, has been identified as Robin Westman, 23. Westman, formerly known as Robert, shot through stained glass windows at the children sitting on the pews inside Annunciation Catholic School's church at about 8.30am local time Wednesday, officials said. He then turned the gun on himself. KARE 11 reported Westman's mother was an employee at the school and that he changed his name to Robin in 2020, when he was 17. Two children aged eight and 10 were killed in the attack and at least 17...

Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman is a transgender woman whose mother worked at the school where two children were slaughtered. Court records seen by Daily Mail indicate that Westman had previously been known as Robert, having petitioned to have her name changed in 2019. According to court papers filed in Dakota County, Minnesota, Westman asked the court to change her name to Robin. Westman had her mother Mary sign the application for a name change as she was still a minor at the time. The petition was later approved in January of 2020, it adds that Westman: 'Identifies as a...

MINNEAPOLIS (TNND) — The suspect who shot and killed two children and hurt at least 17 others as they attended mass during the first week of school in Minnesota was identified as a 22 year-old man claiming to be transgender, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the suspect -- who was later named as Robin Westman -- was found dead in the back of the church parking lot from what authorities believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday morning. The coward who fired these shots ultimately took his own life,"...