On August 27, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The attack happened during a school-wide Mass at Annunciation Catholic School, killing three people, including the shooter. Seventeen others were injured, among them fourteen children. The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin M. Westman, was a transgender (born as male) with no prior criminal history. Westman used a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun, and pistol to fire at the church, before committing suicide. Two children, aged 8 and 10, were among the victims. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism and an anti-Catholic hate crime. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced support for affected families, condemning the attack's evil nature. State and national leaders also expressed condolences. A widely circulated video shows piles of guns and magazines covered in text. Scrawled across them are anti-Trump and anti-Israel rants, alongside the names of mass murderers like Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook), Pekka-Eric Auvinen (Finland), and Vladislav Roslyakov (Crimea’s Columbine-inspired shooter). Some phrases even appear in Russian — a chilling sign of the shooter’s possible obsession with Roslyakov.