FBI: Minneapolis church shooting was anti-Catholic terror attack

FBI Director Kash Patel said Aug. 28 the gunman behind the tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis left a manifesto and other evidence showing the attack was driven in part by anti-Catholic ideology.

The shooter, 23-year-old Robert “Robin” Westman, opened fire during morning Mass Aug. 27, killing two children and wounding 17 other victims before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, CatholicVote reported. Westman, who identified as “transgender,” legally changed his name from Robert to Robin in 2020 after telling a Minnesota court he identified as female, according to the New York Post. ---More...