Minneapolis School/Church Shooting: 8 & 10 Yr Old Dead,14 Kids Injured,Suspect Dead

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BUT THERE WAS A CEASEFIRE PRIOR TO OCTOBER 7TH THO

In the 1500s, the land of Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire, and the idea of "Arabs vs. Jews" did not exist as it does today. The modern conflict is a product of 19th and 20th-century political developments, including Zionism and Arab nationalism.

  • No "versus": The framework of "Arab vs. Jew" is anachronistic for this period. A small Jewish minority lived among a majority Arab population under the rule of the Ottoman Turks, with the conflict that would define the 20th century being nonexistent.

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Accurate or inaccurate?

JEWS WERENT SEEN AS A THREAT BECAUSE MUSLIMS HAD CONTROL AFTER THE OTTOMANS DEFEATED THE ROMANS AND CONQUERED THAT LAND

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE WAS STILL ARAB ATTACKS AGAINST JEWS EVEN IN THE 1500S

I CAN TELL YOUVE JUST NOW STARTED LEARNING ABOUT THIS CONFLICT
 

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JEWS WERENT SEEN AS A THREAT BECAUSE MUSLIMS HAD CONTROL AFTER THE OTTOMANS DEFEATED THE ROMANS AND CONQUERED THAT LAND

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE WAS STILL ARAB ATTACKS AGAINST JEWS EVEN IN THE 1500S

I CAN TELL YOUVE JUST NOW STARTED LEARNING ABOUT THIS CONFLICT

October 7th isnt the gotcha moment Jewish run media portrays it as

Hamas got the upper hand in an ongoing battle
 

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October 7th isnt the gotcha moment Jewish run media portrays it as

Hamas got the upper hand in an ongoing battle


OCTOBER 7TH WAS THE BIGGEST MASSACRE ON JEWS SINCE THE HOLOCAUST AND 100X BIGGER THAN SEPTEMBER 11TH IF WE SPEAKIN IN TERMS OF RATIO

LETS NOT PLAY IT DOWN

PRIOR TO OCTOBER 7TH, THE ENTIRE DEATH TOLL IN THE ISRAE VS PALESTINE CONFLICT WAS 14 FOR ALL OF 2023!!! MORE PEOPLE GET MURDERED IN CHICAGO PER WEEK... REVISIONIST HISTORY NOT GUNA WORK.
 

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OCTOBER 7TH WAS THE BIGGEST MASSACRE ON JEWS SINCE THE HOLOCAUST AND 100X BIGGER THAN SEPTEMBER 11TH IF WE SPEAKIN IN TERMS OF RATIO

LETS NOT PLAY IT DOWN

PRIOR TO OCTOBER 7TH, THE ENTIRE DEATH TOLL IN THE ISRAE VS PALESTINE CONFLICT WAS 14 FOR ALL OF 2023!!! MORE PEOPLE GET MURDERED IN CHICAGO PER WEEK... REVISIONIST HISTORY NOT GUNA WORK.

They've been going back/forth forever

Jews were winning. Then Hamas got one

Revisionist history not gonna work

Palestine is being occupied by Isreal because Isreal is up big

Occupation is a reason to fight back, my guy. Lol
 

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They've been going back/forth forever

Jews were winning. Then Hamas got one

Revisionist history not gonna work

Palestine is being occupied by Isreal because Isreal is up big

Occupation is a reason to fight back, my guy. Lol


LMAO THE WAS NO "BACK N FORTH" ON THAT SCALE

14 PEOPLE KILLED ALL OF 2023

AND THEN A MASACRE OF 1,200+ CIVILIANS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL

YOUR LOGIC NOT ADDING UP
 

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Source : Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers



Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers​


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 rounds through stained-glass windows while the children celebrated Mass during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School, said Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara.

Members of a Lutheran church charities comfort dog ministry sit and stand in front of the Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)


Members of a Lutheran church charities comfort dog ministry sit and stand in front of the Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

“It is very clear that this shooter had the intention to terrorize those innocent children,” O’Hara said.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said videos and writings the shooter left behind show that the shooter “expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable.”

The only group Westman did not hate was “mass murderers,” Thompson said. “In short, the shooter appeared to hate all of us.”

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Investigators recovered hundreds of pieces of evidence from the church and three residences, the police chief said. They found more writings from the suspect, but no additional firearms or a clear motive for the attack on the church the shooter once attended. Westman had a “deranged fascination” with mass killings, O’Hara said.

Kristen Neville, left, and Michael Burt cry and embrace each other at the doors of the Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)


Kristen Neville, left, and Michael Burt cry and embrace each other at the doors of the Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

“No evidence will ever be able to make sense of such an unthinkable tragedy,” he said.

Surveillance video captured the attack and showed the shooter never entered the church and could not see the children while firing through windows lined up with the pews, the police chief said.



Grieving families speak of painful loss​


Family members described one of the victims, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, as a boy who loved his family, fishing, cooking, and any sport he was allowed to play.

“We will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play with him and watch him grow into the wonderful young man he was on the path to becoming,” his father, Jesse, said while tearfully reading a statement outside the church on Thursday.

The parents of the other victim, 10-year-old Harper Moyski, said in a statement that she was a bright and joyful child.

“Our hearts are broken not only as parents, but also for Harper’s sister, who adored her big sister and is grieving an unimaginable loss,” said Michael Moyski and Jackie Flavin. “As a family, we are shattered, and words cannot capture the depth of our pain.”

They said they hope her memory helps drive leaders “to take meaningful steps to address gun violence and the mental health crisis in this country.”

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office said they both died of gunshot wounds.

City officials on Thursday increased to 15 the number of injured children, who are ages 6 to 15. Three parishioners in their 80s also were injured. Only one person — a child — was in critical condition.

Westman, whose mother worked for the parish before retiring in 2021, left behind several videos and page upon page of writings describing a litany of grievances. One read: “I know this is wrong, but I can’t seem to stop myself.”

O’Hara said Westman was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol, and died by suicide.

On a YouTube channel, videos that police say may have been posted by the shooter show weapons and ammunition, and list the names of mass shooters. What appears to be a suicide note to family contains a confession of long-held plans to carry out a shooting and talk of being deeply depressed.

Flowers are placed near the Annunciation Catholic School after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)


Flowers are placed near the Annunciation Catholic School after Wednesday’s school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)



Student shielded by a friend who was shot​


Rev. Dennis Zehren, who was inside the church with the nearly 200 children, said the responsorial psalm — which spoke of light in the darkness — had almost ended when he heard someone yell, “Down down, everybody down,” and gunshots rang out.

Fifth-grader Weston Halsne said he ducked for the pews, covering his head, shielded by a friend who was on top of him. His friend was hit, he said.

“I was super scared for him, but I think now he’s OK,” the 10-year-old said.



Authorities try to determine a motive​


FBI Director Kash Patel said on X that the attack was an act of domestic terrorism motivated by hate-filled ideology, citing the shooter’s statements against multiple religions and calls for violence against President Donald Trump.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sent state law enforcement officers to schools and churches in Minneapolis, saying no child should go to school worried about losing a classmate or gunshots erupting during prayer.

On a YouTube channel titled Robin W, the person filming the video points to two windows in what appears to be a drawing of the church, then stabs it with a long knife.

The now-deleted videos also show weapons and ammunition, scrawled with “kill Donald Trump” and “Where is your God?” along with the names of past mass shooters.

There also were hundreds of pages written in Cyrillic, a centuries-old script still used in Slavic countries. In one, Westman wrote, “When will it end?”

Amy Dols, and her children, Archie and Paloma place flowers at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)


Amy Dols, and her children, Archie and Paloma place flowers at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Lily Kletter, who graduated from Annunciation, recalled that Westman joined her class at some point in middle school and once hid in the bathroom to avoid going to Mass.

“I remember they had a crazy distaste for school, especially Annunciation, which I always thought was pretty interesting because their mom was on the parish board,” she said.

Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the petitioner “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”

A wreath of flowers is left on behalf of families of victims of the Robb Elementary School school shootings in Uvalde, Texas at Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)


A wreath of flowers is left on behalf of families of victims of the Robb Elementary School school shootings in Uvalde, Texas at Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)



No criminal record​


There were no past arrests or anything in the shooter’s background that would have prevented Westman from being able to legally purchase a firearm, investigators said Thursday.

In response to a request for any records of police contact with the shooter in the last decade, the Eagan Police Department sent two documents, both heavily redacted. The first from 2018 is listed as a mental health call and welfare check for a child with parents Mary Grace Westman and James Westman. The case was listed as closed and the narrative was redacted after the officer wrote she responded to the woman’s address.

A second report from 2016 involving a criminal complaint was entirely redacted.



Police chief says officers rescued children who hid​


The police chief said the first officer ran into the church four minutes after the initial 911 call and that more officers rendered first aid and rescued some of the children.

Annunciation’s principal Matt DeBoer said teachers and children alike responded heroically.

“Children were ducked down. Adults were protecting children. Older children were protecting younger children,” he said.

Vincent Francoual said his 11-year-old daughter, Chloe, survived by running downstairs and hiding in a room with a table pushed against the door. He said she is struggling to communicate clearly about the traumatizing scene and that she thought she was going to die.

Tess Rada said her 8-year-old daughter also hasn’t said much about the shooting so she too doesn’t know exactly what she saw. Loud noises and sirens have bothered her since the attack, Rada said.

One of the children killed was her daughter’s friend.

“It’s kind of impossible,” Rada said “to wrap your head around how to tell an 8-year-old that her friend has been killed.”

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This story has been corrected to reflect that the police department’s name is spelled Eagan, not Eagen.
 
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