{"id":36451,"date":"2025-08-30T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36451"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:26:32","slug":"minneapolis-mass-shooter-was-armed-to-the-teeth-wore-tactical-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36451","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Mass Shooter Was Armed To the Teeth, Wore Tactical Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article article--permalink \"><!--\/.article__header--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-5bf479bc3fdbbf64c139fd3309c057d0\" 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\/7b\/4by3\/2025\/08\/30\/7be157f51a3546aa9643c9d30dba92a9_md.jpg\" alt=\"robin westman minneapolis shooter guns main getty midwayusa.com Taurus composite\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty \/ Taurus \/ midwayusa.com Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5bf479bc3fdbbf64c139fd3309c057d0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c39ea38afb18683c08c3f17931f1fb19\" 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 mass shooter was armed with heavy artillery and wore tactical gear when they shot up a church, killing 2 children and injuring 18 other people, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c39ea38afb18683c08c3f17931f1fb19--> <!--\/#cb-ecc9896994f3691fb23ad9a2fd96854b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fc57318e564973614ee5f9b2d7b16c9\" 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\/3a\/4by3\/2025\/08\/30\/3a5eaa6f14304038bcaa2218fbbd242b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Taurus semiautomatic pistol Mossberg shotgun magpul semiautomatic rifle Mossberg Taurus midway usa composite sub swipe \" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Mossberg \/ Taurus \/ midwayusa.com Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fc57318e564973614ee5f9b2d7b16c9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1c5eecba3b6594bb61bee27b5971e50e\" 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;}\">Westman brandished a Taurus semi-automatic pistol, a Mossberg shotgun, and a semi-automatic rifle, according to police. The shooter used all three deadly weapons to shoot through windows of the church in which adults and children were praying in the pews. Westman took the lives of 8-year-old <strong>Fletcher Merkel <\/strong>and 10-year-old <strong>Harper Moyski <\/strong>while injuring 18 others &#8212; mostly children and a few adults.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1c5eecba3b6594bb61bee27b5971e50e--> <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:24e89e1b-3ebf-484e-b4c9-f029a0130ee2\" 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:24e89e1b-3ebf-484e-b4c9-f029a0130ee2\" 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-7a9cf5a6afd211ed403892362e84f135\" 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;}\">Police said Westman, donning body armor, fired a total of 116 rifle shots and 3 shotgun rounds, leaving behind 4 empty magazines from the Magpul rifle, along with several cartridges full of live rifle rounds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7a9cf5a6afd211ed403892362e84f135--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d722fdaa23335e1fa0069b10b4cc6f16\" 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;}\">Cops also said three 9mm magazines were recovered from the scene and one live round was found in the chamber of the Taurus semi-automatic, which apparently malfunctioned as Westman pulled the trigger. Westman fatally shot themselves in the head with one of the guns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d722fdaa23335e1fa0069b10b4cc6f16--><\/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-1686623415-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-1686623415-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-1686623415\" 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-803d04896b67237f03635dba3b510b7b\" 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;}\">In addition, Westman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/28\/minneapolis-school-shooter-manifesto-robin-westman\/\"><strong>penned an alleged manifesto<\/strong><\/a> that detailed a fascination with other infamous school shooters. Westman also reportedly wrote that they wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a> killed and displayed photos of racist and antisemitic remarks scrawled on gun cartridges.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-803d04896b67237f03635dba3b510b7b--> <!--\/#cb-51c373d46dc19331d19f0c162bee0ade--><\/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--> <!--\/#cb-9af40f8284545abbad2099e518953342--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/.article__blocks--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: promotion-slot desktop-news-permalink --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty \/ Taurus \/ midwayusa.com Composite The Minneapolis mass shooter was armed with heavy artillery and wore tactical gear when they shot up a church, killing 2 children and injuring &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36451","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\/36451","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=36451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36453,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36451\/revisions\/36453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}