MINNEAPOLIS —

KARE 11 Investigates is learning more details about Robin Westman’s past, and what led up to the mass shooting at Annunciation , the Catholic school where Westman briefly attended in 8th grade.

While it is impossible to ever truly understand “why,” KARE 11 Investigates has been dissecting one grim window into Westman’s mind: the manifesto left behind. The more than 289 pages Westman wrote in two journals paint a picture of Westman’s plans to carry out what is referred to as “the mission,” we now know to be a school shooting, as children knelt in prayer on the first week of school.

The manifesto appeared in two videos, pre-scheduled to post on YouTube after the shooting. The first video, an arsenal of bullets and guns, pays ode to other mass shooters with their names scri

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