GET THE APP
Monday, February 23, 2026

Tag: Annunciation Church
September 4, 2025
News

Activists Rally in Support of Transgenderism at Catholic School Targeted by Shooter.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: Pro-transgenderism activists gathered outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis to demonstrate against a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance after a shooting that left two children dead and 17 others injured. The shooter, a transgender, targeted the church during a back-to-school Mass.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, formerly Robert, along with victims, church attendees, and Vice President Vance, who visited the site to meet with families.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: The shooting occurred at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during a back-to-school Mass. Demonstrations followed in the days after the tragedy.

🎯IMPACT: The incident has reignited debates on gun violence, mental health, and the role of transgender ideology in mass shootings.

IN FULL

Pro-transgenderism protestors gathered outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, demonstrating against a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance following a mass shooting that claimed the lives of two children and left 17 others injured. The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, formerly Robert, fired through the church’s stained-glass windows during a back-to-school Mass.

Westman, who was a transgender, had a documented history of mental health struggles and fascination with mass killings. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.

Pro-trans activists gathered outside the church on Wednesday as Vance and his wife, Usha, arrived to meet with victims’ families. The group’s actions, which included displaying a transgender flag near the site of the attack, were widely criticized as provocative and insensitive.

On Thursday, The National Pulse reported that the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering imposing restrictions that would prevent those undergoing gender transition or diagnosed with gender dysphoria from purchasing firearms. Additionally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) has called for avoiding the “villainization” of the transgender community.

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more
September 4, 2025
William Upton
Crime
NatSec

Trump DOJ Considering Gun Restrictions for Transgenders: Report.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering imposing restrictions that would prevent those undergoing gender transition or diagnosed with gender dysphoria from purchasing firearms.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The DOJ, gun owners, and transgenders.

📍WHEN & WHERE:  DOJ discussions were revealed on Thursday, September 4, 2025, after a mass shooting at a Catholic mass in Minnesota, carried out by a transgender gunman.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “Individuals within the DOJ are reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell.” — DOJ Official

🎯IMPACT: The DOJ could move to extend restrictions on gun ownership for the mentally ill to include those who identify as transgender or who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

IN FULL

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering imposing restrictions that would prevent those undergoing gender transition or diagnosed with gender dysphoria from purchasing firearms. Notably, the potential legal restrictions come in the wake of anti-Trump transgender Robin Westman’s deadly attack on a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week.

Reportedly, the DOJ is discussing internally whether to extend restrictions that bar certain mentally ill people from owning firearms to those with gender dysphoria, which is itself classified as a mental disorder. A DOJ source, speaking with the media, explained: “Individuals within the DOJ are reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell.”

Officially, the DOJ is not commenting on the deliberations, with a spokesman only saying that the agency is considering a “range of options.” However, the deadly church shooting in Minnesota last week has sparked a public debate about new restrictions, especially in light of the fact that a number of recent mass shootings were perpetrated by individuals with gender dysphoria or who identified as transgender.

Meanwhile, the Trump White House is believed to be updating its national security strategy to include guidance regarding transgender violence. In January this year, A U.S. Border Patrol officer in Vermont was murdered by two people with ties to a militant transgender extremist group called the “Zizians.” In February, the leader of the “Zizians”— Jack LaSota, a 34-year-old man who identifies as a transgender woman under the alias Andrea Phelps—was arrested in Maryland’s western backcountry.

LaSota had been on the run since he skipped a December trial. Previously, he faked his death to duck prosecution and was even declared deceased in San Mateo County, California.

President Donald J. Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was also the target of an assassination plot in January, with the suspect revealed to identify as transgender. Ryan Michael English, also known as Riley Jane, admitted to police that he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Bessent.

The National Pulse reported last Thursday that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had announced an investigation into whether psychiatric medication is contributing to the rise in mass shootings, especially those perpetrated by transgender individuals. “I certainly consider mass shootings a health crisis, and we are doing for the first time real studies to find out what the ideology of that is. And we’re looking for the first time at psychiatric drugs,” Kennedy stated.

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more
September 2, 2025
Media
News

NBC Issues ‘Correction’ After Using ‘Wrong Pronoun’ for Transgender Mass Shooter.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: NBC News issued a “correction” for using the “wrong pronoun” to refer to Robin Westman, the transgender Annunciation Church mass shooter.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman, NBC News and four of its reporters.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: The “correction” was issued on August 29, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “She used female pronouns.” – NBC News correction notice.

🎯IMPACT: The “correction” has sparked public backlash, with many questioning why NBC News is concerning itself with the pronouns of a child killer who confessed in his own writings that he knew he was not really a woman.

IN FULL

NBC News issued a “correction” on Friday after using “the wrong pronoun” for Annunciation Church mass shooter Robin Westman, formerly Robert, who killed two children and left over a dozen others injured in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week.

“CORRECTION (Aug. 29, 2025, 8:05 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article used the wrong pronoun for the shooter. She used female pronouns,” read the correction notice, added to a report on the shooting. Previously, the report had correctly referred to Westman with male pronouns.

According to the shooter’s journal, he knew he was “not a woman,” expressing regret about his transition ahead of the attack. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” he wrote. “I regret being trans… I wish I was a girl I just know I cannot achieve that body with the technology we have today. I also can’t afford that.”

Westman also reportedly wrote about being drawn to anthropomorphic animals, or “furries,” writing, “I like feeling sexy and cute but my face never matches how I feel. I hate my face.”

“Maybe that’s why I like furries so much. You can give yourself a new body and face,” he added.

Westman fatally shot himself after his attack.

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more
August 28, 2025
Culture
News

‘I Wish I Never Brainwashed Myself’ — Trans Church Shooter Regretted Gender Transition.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: The transgender mass shooter who targeted the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, regretted his gender transition, reports reveal.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Robin Westman, a 23-year-old male-to-female transgender originally named Robert, carried out the attack. Victims included students and staff at the school.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: The shooting took place on Wednesday morning, August 27, at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” Westman wrote in a manifesto-like document.

🎯IMPACT: The attack, which left multiple victims dead or injured, raises concerns about a growing number of disturbed transgenders engaging in extreme violence.

IN FULL

Robin Westman, responsible for yesterday’s mass shooting targeting Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a morning prayer service, regretted his transgender transition. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” he wrote in a manifesto-like document uploaded to YouTube.

“I can’t cut my hair now as it would be an embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported,” he continued, complaining that “It just always gets in my way” and that he would “probably chop it on the day of the attack.”

Elsewhere, he wrote, “‘I know I am not a woman but I definitely don’t feel like a man.”

Westman, who changed his name from Robert in 2019 to align with his transgender identity, inscribed phrases like “Kill Donald Trump” and “Where is your God?” on the firearms and firearm accessories he used to carry out his attack.

Hundreds gathered for a vigil led by community leaders and clergy, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Archbishop Bernard Hebda. Hebda highlighted the resilience shown during the tragedy, saying, “In the midst of that there was courage, there was bravery, but most especially there was love.”

Principal Matthew DeBoer and Pastor Dennis Zehren grieved the loss of two students aged eight and ten, saying, “No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks.”

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more
August 27, 2025
News

Church Shooting Suspect Is Anti-Trump Transgender: Report.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: A gunman who killed two children and injured at least 17 others at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been identified as Robin Westman, formerly Robert.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Shooter Robin Westman, children attending morning mass, and other victims.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: August 27, 2025, at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.

đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “The shooter was not previously known to law enforcement.” – Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara

🎯IMPACT: There is an ongoing investigation into disturbing videos apparently uploaded to YouTube by the shooter.

IN FULL

The gunman responsible for the shooting at a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which claimed the lives of two young children and left at least 17 others wounded, has been named as anti-Trump transgender Robin Westman, previously Robert.

Authorities are examining a series of troubling YouTube videos that are believed to be connected to Westman and posted just prior to the incident. These clips feature a diary written in Cyrillic script, decorated with Pride stickers, and what appears to be a diagram of the church, which Westman stabs with a knife. Other videos show firearms that seem to match those allegedly employed by the shooter, adorned with nods to other mass shooters and phrases like ‘Kill Donald Trump.’

The firearms are also decorated with Satanic pentagrams and a variety of anti-Semitic, anti-Hispanic, and anti-Muslim slogans, possibly in an effort to confuse people as to his true motives and ideology.

Westman killed himself at the scene of the shooting with a self-inflicted gunshot.

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more
August 27, 2025
News

BREAKING: Active Shooter Strikes Minneapolis Church.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: An active shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has seen between ten and 20 people shot and several fatalities, according to unconfirmed preliminary reports.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Police, emergency services, unidentified victims, and an unidentified gunman.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: August 27, 2025, at Annunciation Church, Minneapolis.

🎯IMPACT: Police have yet to officially confirm details of the casualties, the status of the gunman, or his suspected motivations. The church and surrounding areas are under lockdown as officers secure the scene.

IN FULL

UPDATE: 10:50 AM — President Donald J. Trump has responded to the shooting, writing on his Truth Social platform, “I have been fully briefed on the tragic shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The FBI quickly responded and they are on the scene. The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation. Please join me in praying for everyone involved!”

Sources now indicate the gunman is dead following a self-inflicted gunshot.

UPDATE: 10:45 AM — Law enforcement has confirmed the suspect in the shooting has been “contained;” whether or not he has been killed is currently unclear. Reports indicate there is no continuing threat to the public.

Original report continues below.

Police and emergency services are currently responding to an active shooting at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where multiple casualties have been reported. While initial reports suggest ten to 20 people have been shot, including fatalities, official confirmation is pending.

The incident began around 8:30 AM on Wednesday when officers were alerted to an active shooter at the Catholic church, which also houses a K-8 Catholic school. The gunman is reportedly armed with a rifle, but it remains unclear whether the shooting specifically targeted the church’s daily mass or the school.

A large contingent of emergency services has been dispatched to the scene as officers work to secure the area. The status of the suspect remains uncertain at this time.

Local officials and eyewitnesses have provided limited details as the situation is still developing. Authorities are urging the public to avoid the area as investigations continue.

This story is developing…

Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses.

show less
show more