{"id":36399,"date":"2025-08-29T18:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36399"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:42:36","slug":"minneapolis-school-shooter-recently-broke-up-with-partner-dad-told-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36399","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis School Shooter Recently Broke Up With Partner, Dad Told Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article article--permalink \"><!--\/.article__header--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-f0c9c2b5622c8afa96f8a6bdac95e8a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/26\/4by3\/2025\/08\/29\/26a14526fae141b9a8b348a7aba8668e_md.jpg\" alt=\"robin westman annunciation shooter breakup main getty composite\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f0c9c2b5622c8afa96f8a6bdac95e8a0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-63b5f9f90fc7a432876d4d308b223c77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robin-westman\/\"><strong>Robin Westman<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; the shooter who killed two children at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis this week &#8212; went through a breakup shortly before going on the rampage &#8230; according to new documents.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-63b5f9f90fc7a432876d4d308b223c77--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-85a4e63934f33f56102c76b335016977\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The Minneapolis Police Department released a report Friday about a conversation officers had with <strong>James Westman<\/strong> &#8212; Robin&#8217;s father. They say James told them Robin recently broke up with a significant other and had been staying with a friend after the split.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85a4e63934f33f56102c76b335016977--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-678ed9fa62778b383a47f6293ed08dfb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/41\/4by3\/2025\/08\/28\/41e51970737046c88288bb3ab1bced7e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Westman school shooter no credit 2\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-678ed9fa62778b383a47f6293ed08dfb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5dc6230c8c1eb4ee3d2b79072879288d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">We spoke to a neighbor who said they&#8217;ve known the Westmans for years &#8230; and, the neighbor tells us this relationship was tumultuous at times &#8212; adding that Robin&#8217;s parents begged Robin to end it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5dc6230c8c1eb4ee3d2b79072879288d--> <a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6a010d70646382cf98e0c1f335b93b46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2025\/08\/27\/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f451167a-051c-4996-852b-b3d582862f45\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4e68299f-8d5a-4f8d-a92d-33f46e6a80ef\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/41\/4by3\/2025\/08\/27\/4181c2d7473e49d491a55b473056a0f5_md.jpg\" alt=\"Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"gallery-link-f451167a-051c-4996-852b-b3d582862f45\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2025\/08\/27\/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f451167a-051c-4996-852b-b3d582862f45\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4e68299f-8d5a-4f8d-a92d-33f46e6a80ef\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">AP<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6a010d70646382cf98e0c1f335b93b46--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2183e861d3c0c1aef751c09572697c84\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">FBI Director <strong>Kash Patel<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/27\/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooter-robin-westman\/\"><strong>said on X Wednesday<\/strong><\/a> Robin Westman was &#8220;a male born as Robert Westman.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/28\/us\/journal-minneapolis-shooter-robin-westman-invs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CNN reports<\/strong><\/a> that according to court docs, Westman\u2019s mother filed to legally change Robert&#8217;s name to Robin in 2019, and the judge who signed off in 2020 wrote &#8230; Westman &#8220;identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2183e861d3c0c1aef751c09572697c84--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3e76a5bf8a32495a6b8a8bd8f5da0064\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e-818229795-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e-818229795-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cb\/16by9\/2025\/08\/28\/cb50ea29d9bf48d888be43b99d222f3b_md.jpg\" alt=\"082825_church_kids_running_kal\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e-818229795\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:e33ccd14-4c90-4291-93e0-22121656400e\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3e76a5bf8a32495a6b8a8bd8f5da0064--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-451c12c6b13a61444ccc18bd2e22d996\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Friday&#8217;s police report confirms Westman died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-451c12c6b13a61444ccc18bd2e22d996--> <!--\/#cb-f2fb742d176473826c8a1cead788ef1e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eda68d2fec79bfcd3d0107de28cce518\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b0bd737d-3856-4e40-b7d5-99dc42356c0c-969518764-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-b0bd737d-3856-4e40-b7d5-99dc42356c0c-969518764-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0a\/16by9\/2025\/08\/28\/0a024907d0984869a11ea0b58b936c19_md.jpg\" alt=\"082825_victim_father_kal\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-b0bd737d-3856-4e40-b7d5-99dc42356c0c-969518764\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:b0bd737d-3856-4e40-b7d5-99dc42356c0c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox 9<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eda68d2fec79bfcd3d0107de28cce518--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fa10dcf92c71e9c3504c5e9ce8c16968\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The father of the 8-year-old who was killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/28\/father-8-year-old-killed-catholic-school-shooting-speaks-press-conference\/\"><strong>spoke at a press conference<\/strong><\/a> Thursday &#8230; expressing his deep sadness and sharing his empathy for those injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fa10dcf92c71e9c3504c5e9ce8c16968--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2c929ae3c8758bec16a9ffd7c98485fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0-1849798804-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0-1849798804-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/16by9\/2025\/08\/27\/4b5b97c59aea4f15845994cec2f6e2b5_md.jpg\" alt=\"minneapolis-briefing-chief-kal-08-27-2025\" \/> <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">8\/27\/25<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0-1849798804\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:49312bac-8561-482d-a9ac-514ac1bcd0b0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2c929ae3c8758bec16a9ffd7c98485fa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3da8e4a4772eeee4bc804bcc130f027\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Westman reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/28\/minneapolis-school-shooter-manifesto-robin-westman\/\"><strong>left behind a manifesto<\/strong><\/a> which may give insight into the motivation behind the shooting &#8230; and, Westman also reportedly wrote racist and antisemitic statements onto the gun cartridges used in the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- end: promotion-slot desktop-news-permalink --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Composite Robin Westman &#8212; the shooter who killed two children at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis this week &#8212; went through a breakup shortly before going on the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36401,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions\/36401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}