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Before attacking Annunciation Catholic Church, Robin Westman grew up in a family steeped in the Catholic faith

Before attacking Annunciation Catholic Church, Robin Westman grew up in a family steeped in the Catholic faith

The Minnesota Star Tribune reviewed court and police documents, hundreds of pages of Westman’s writings and reached out to more than 50 former neighbors, classmates, coworkers and family members in an effort to understand her murderous intent. The evidence suggests someone struggling to find her place in the world. Her home life became less stable after her parents divorced when …

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Families of Minneapolis Church Shooting Victims Pay Loving Tributes – The New York Times

Families of Minneapolis Church Shooting Victims Pay Loving Tributes  The New York Times In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder  The New York Times What we know about Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman  ABC News Former teacher of Minneapolis school shooter says she reported self-harm signs  CBS News Generations celebrated weddings, baptisms and first communions at this Minneapolis church before …

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In Minneapolis, a tight-knit Catholic community is shattered after Annunciation Church shooting

In Minneapolis, a tight-knit Catholic community is shattered after Annunciation Church shooting

Facebook Tweet Email Link Minneapolis  —  On late-August mornings in the Windom neighborhood, the soundscape is usually familiar and comforting. Cicadas buzz, sparrows dart between yards, neighbors trade easy greetings across tidy sidewalks and the Annunciation Catholic Church’s bells peal across southwest Minneapolis, calling parishioners to Mass as they have for more than a century. For generations, the church and …

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In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder – The New York Times

In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder  The New York Times US flag at White House flown at half-mast amid ‘Trump is dead’ trend: Here’s why  WION What we know about Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman  ABC News Minneapolis school attacker ‘obsessed with idea of killing children’, officials say  BBC Survivor Chloe Francoual recalls the fear and chaos of Minneapolis …

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MN trans community worried about comments from conservatives after church shooting

Before attacking Annunciation Catholic Church, Robin Westman grew up in a family steeped in the Catholic faith

Fox News host Jesse Watters. (Jemal Countess/Tribune News Service) The conservative rhetoric doesn’t square with the statistics. According to Gun Violence Archive, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that collects data from more than 7,500 law enforcement sources daily, only 1.1% of mass-shooting suspects over the past decade were transgender, roughly proportional with the overall population of transgender people. Data gathered by …

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Families of children killed in Minneapolis church shooting call for healing, change – MPR News

Families of children killed in Minneapolis church shooting call for healing, change – MPR News

Families of children killed in Minneapolis church shooting call for healing, change  MPR News Minneapolis church shooting audio captures first responders rushing to chaotic scene in deadly attack  Fox News Parents identify victims of Minneapolis school shooting: ‘Our hearts are broken’  The Guardian What we know about Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman  ABC News She smelled smoke, heard a bang and then saw …

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RFK Jr. renews attack on antidepressants after church shooting – Axios

RFK Jr. renews attack on antidepressants after church shooting  Axios Minnesota senator tells RFK Jr. ‘stop peddling bulls‑‑‑’ on mass shootings  The Hill RFK Jr., without evidence, targets psychiatric meds in wake of Minneapolis mass shooting  The Seattle Times RFK Jr. Offers Bonkers Explanation for School Shootings  yahoo.com Playbook: The RFK Jr. revolution  Politico Source link

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Investigators say no red flags raised on Minneapolis church shooter

Investigators say no red flags raised on Minneapolis church shooter

More than seven years before Robin Westman opened fire on a Catholic school as Mass was underway, killing two children and injuring 17 more worshippers, police were called to a townhouse in the Twin Cities suburb where she lived with her mother. The heavily redacted police report NBC News obtained from the police department in Eagan, Minnesota, is dated Jan. …

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Minneapolis church shooting: Investigators seek motive in attack on children

Minneapolis church shooting: Investigators seek motive in attack on children

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen youngsters sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same school and was “obsessed” with the idea of killing children, authorities said Thursday. The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, fired 116 rifle casings through stained-glass windows while the children …

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