Overview
The 2025 Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic School Shooting refers to a mass shooting event at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in late August 2025. Two students were killed alongside 14 children and three adults who were injured in the shooting, perpetrated by 23-year-old gunman Robin Westman (formerly Robert Westman), who was a former student at the school. The event sparked considerable discourse over gun violence and gun rights in America. It also sparked discussions about transgender school shooters, as Westman had formerly identified as a trans woman. Westman’s online presence was inspected by internet sleuths shortly after the news broke, who discovered a troubling YouTube channel, among other purported accounts on Reddit and Skibidi Farms. Westman’s guns and other firearm equipment were also covered in catchphrases and slogans from viral memes and internet references, among other things. Some internet users also alleged that Westman was a part of either O9A, Terrorgram or 764, which are satanic, neo-Nazi organizations operated on Telegram and Discord. Other shooters like Robert E. Crimo III and Solomon Henderson have also been linked to the organizations. Another person of note is Kyle Spitze, who was arrested in February 2024, related to a crackdown on 764.
Background
On August 27th, 2025, a shooter fired through the windows of the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the first week of class at the Annunciation Catholic School. A total of 14 children and three elderly people were injured in the shooting. Two children lost their lives.
The shooter was identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, previously named Robert, who was dead at the scene. The shooter had graduated from Annunciation Catholic School in 2017.
Outlets like the New York Post and the Mirror reported that Westman had a YouTube channel called robinw1312. He uploaded a video before the attack that showed notes written in a journal and words written on guns and ammo magazines.
The video was reposted by X / Twitter user @Mrgunsngear and X user @sentdefender on August 27th, 2025. The latter received over 1.7 million views in a day.
The video and a link to Robin Westman’s YouTube channel were also posted on Kiwi Farms in a thread started by user OrionBalls on that day.
Full video from YouTube showing two manifestos and guns posted by Robin Westman, the suspect in today’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. https://t.co/sK4BsiMER4
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 27, 2025
Alleged O9A / 764 / Terrorgram Ties
On August 27th, 2025, X user @KlonnyPin_Gosch quote-tweeted Robin Westman’s video, claiming that an “initial assessment is this is another O9A/764/Terrorgram Discord-to-Kill deep event.” The post gained over 7,400 likes in a day.
The tweet started a thread in which @KlonnyPin_Gosch linked a symbol, the Cross of Endlessness, etched on one of the clips to 2022 Highland Park Parade Shooter Robert E. Crimo III.
Also on August 27th, X user @Xenoimpulse started a similar thread, supposedly linking Westman to O9A, 764 and Terrorgram, gaining over 17,000 likes in a day.
Later on August 27th, 2025, X user @CantEverDie posted a quote-tweet, reading, “They’re calling the most recent shooter in Minnesota trans to ignore the fact that there has been an organized group of far-right suicidal school shooters and this person is very likely going to be linked to them as well,” gaining over 35,000 likes in a day.
Online Reactions
On August 27th, 2025, Canadian YouTuber Frankie MacDonald posted a video on X, stating that he was nowhere near the Twin Cities at the time of the shooting. In a day, the video gained over 1,700 likes.
I wasn’t anywhere near Minneapolis saint Paul Minnesota at all from Frankie MacDonald pic.twitter.com/qSbvNGlJD6
— Frankie MacDonald (@frankiemacd) August 27, 2025
Also on August 27th, X user @theserfstv quote-tweeted a post that claimed the shooter was a Nazi, gaining over 5,300 likes in a day.
On that same day, Redditor boxofstuff shared a post about the news to the /r/news subreddit, gaining over 17,000 upvotes in a day. One of the top comments was shared by Redditor Silly-Mountain-6702, who wrote, “Annunciation Catholic School. Pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade school. It’s madness,” gaining over 3,600 upvotes in a day.
Later on August 27th, 2025, TikToker @allanthedude posted a video questioning YouTube’s “red flag feature” failing to recognize that the video’s uploader was dangerous. His video received over 238,200 likes in a day.
@allanthedude This happens all the time #massshooting #news #minneapolis #breakingnews #youtube ♬ original sound – Allan