On the morning of Aug. 27, 2025, 23-year-old Robin Westman, a former student of The Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, attacked the school’s students and worshippers.
For many, church is a safe space where families gather and children learn the values of faith and community. But on one devastating morning, that sense of safety and security was ripped away in an instant.
Witnesses say Westman barricaded the doors with wooden 2-by-4s, trapping the victims inside before firing through the church’s stained-glass windows. Surveillance footage shows Westman buying a revolver just days before the attack, but strangely, that was not the weapon he chose to use during the attack. He carried a rifle, shotgun and handgun inside the church, tools of destruction in a place meant for prayer. Over 20 people were injured, and two lives were lost before Westman ended his own life at the scene using one of the three weapons he brought…