Minneapolis mayor uses Catholic school shooting presser to speak out about transgender rights — as gunman Robin Westman ID’d as trans

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey preached about trans rights during a presser on the mass shooting that left two children dead at Annunciation Catholic School, hours after it was revealed gunman Robin Westman identified as a transgender woman.

“I have heard about a whole lot of hate that’s being directed at our trans community,” Frey told reporters at an update presser Wednesday afternoon.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressing the media following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church. — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lashed out at the press conference. Getty Images

“Anybody who is using this … as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate for anyone,” the mayor said.

Here is the latest on the mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school:

Person reading from a book. — Robin Westman sprayed bullets at a back-to-school Mass, killing two children. Robin W/YouTube

Westman, who killed himself on scene, changed his name to Robin and began to identify as a female in 2021, Fox reported. On a page of the shooter’s deranged writings that he shared on YouTube, one page had a trans pride flag sticker with “Defend equality” printed across the bottom, A black AK-47 sticker laid on top of it.

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