Gunman in Minneapolis Church Shooting Identified

Mediaite Staff Aug 27th, 2025, 1:46 pm

Law enforcement officers gather outside the Annunciation Church’s school in response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Police sources identified the gunman who opened fire outside a Minneapolis church on Wednesday, killing two children and wounding 17 others before turning his gun on himself.

Sources told local news outlet KSTP that 23-year-old Robin Westman has been identified as the shooter who opened fire on the stained glass windows of the church, police said at a press conference held in Minneapolis around noon on Wednesday. Brian O’Hara , the Minneapolis Police chief, called the shooter “a coward” in an emotional statem

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