'Scary horrible monster': Minneapolis school shooter’s deadly rampage linked to breakup shocker? Final days revealed

Minneapolis police have said that the 23-year-old gunman Robin Westman who killed two children and injured 18 others at Annunciation Catholic Church this week recently went through a breakup that may have played a key role in his violent spiral. The attacker was living with an older friend, according to one of several search warrants police have obtained in the wake of a deadly attack on Wednesday's morning Mass, as per a report by Fox News.

Robin Westman most recently lived in an apartment in Richfield, the search warrant revealed, but the killer's father told police that the 23-year-old had just gone through a breakup and was staying with a friend in nearby St. Louis Park. Westman opened fire at a school in Minneapolis and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the back of the church. His body was found in the parking lot.

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Did the attacker had a breakup?

According to Fox9, Robin Westman's father told investigators that his son had “recently broke up with a significant and/or romantic partner” and was staying with a friend in the aftermath. Police records also noted a 2018 welfare check at the home of Westman’s mother involving a juvenile.

Police described breakup as destabilizing factor in his personal life, and said that Robin Westman appeared increasingly isolated in the weeks leading up to the shooting. Records also show that in 2018, officers conducted a welfare check at the home of Westman’s mother involving him as a juvenile - an early sign of mental health concerns.

Westman identified as a woman, and court documents show she changed her name to Robin from Robert in 2020. Just hours before the attack, Robin Westman uploaded disturbing videos before the attack showing arsenal of guns, ammunition and what appears to be a handwritten four-page manifesto addressed to Westman’s family and friends.

In the manifesto, Westman described fantasies about “being that scary horrible monster standing over those powerless kids.” He also expressed admiration for the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.

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The letter begins, “I don’t expect forgiveness … I do apologize for the effects my actions will have on your lives.”

The end of the second page reads, “I have wanted this for so long. I am not well. I am not right. I am a sad person, haunted by these thoughts that do not go away. I know this is wrong, but I can’t seem to stop myself. I am severely depressed and have been suicidal for years. Only recently have I lost all hope and decided to perform my final action against this world.”

“I was corrupted by this world and have learned to hate what life is,” the writing continues. It was previously reported that the shooter identified himself as a transwoman; however, Westman claimed that he was “brainwashed” into being transgender, as reported by The New York Post.