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🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Heartbreaking details emerge from the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, where trans-identifying gunman Robin Westman killed two children and wounded 17 during morning Mass. Eyewitness accounts from a 10-year-old survivor highlight heroic acts amid the chaos, while a 2023 plea for nonpublic school security funding from Gov. Tim Walz went unanswered. Democratic leaders like Jen Psaki dismiss prayers for victims, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey defends the trans community and says Minneapolis will continue as a "safe haven." Sen. Amy Klobuchar blames guns despite the shooter's manifesto revealing anti-Christian and anti-Trump motives. Plus, uplifting story of a special needs baptism and poll results on Taylor Swift's engagement impact.
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0:00.0 | It's Thursday, August 28th, 2025, Minneapolis reels over the only story that really matters from yesterday. |
0:07.3 | Next on the AM update. |
0:13.0 | A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, |
0:18.2 | killing two children, and injuring 17 other people before dying by suicide. |
0:23.8 | Police said 14 of the injured were children, with their ages ranging from 6 to 15, and the injured are all expected to survive. |
0:31.9 | The three adults who were injured were in their 80s, officials said. |
0:37.1 | The shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic Church just days after the first day of school on Monday. |
0:43.4 | The White House said in a social media post that Trump ordered flags at half staff for all government buildings until Sunday across the country. |
0:50.2 | The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating this incident as a targeted act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics. |
1:00.1 | Yesterday, sources confirmed to various media outlets, although it was very slow to be reported in the media, that the shooting suspect's name was Robin Westman. |
1:10.7 | Now, that's not the real name of the suspect. |
1:13.3 | The real name of the suspect is Robert Westman, |
1:16.1 | but he had his name changed with the help of his mother |
1:18.6 | who actually worked at Annunciation Catholic School back in 2020. |
1:23.9 | So this is another instance of trans-terrorism. And in this instance, Robert Westman had the approval and acknowledgement and support of his family. More on that in a moment. But first, some of the most harrowing sounds and visuals and words you'll ever hear emerged in the |
1:44.4 | aftermath of this just horrific event this is a 10-year-old student who |
1:48.7 | witnessed the shooting and said one of his friends saved his life my friend |
1:53.2 | got hit in the back did he go to the hospital yeah he went to the hospital |
1:58.0 | what went through your mind when you saw that um I was super scared for him, but I think now he's okay. |
2:04.8 | I was scared that I wasn't going to see her because I didn't know what was happening really. |
2:10.9 | I was just in shock. |
2:12.2 | It was like right beside me. |
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