{"id":36664,"date":"2025-09-02T21:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36664"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:22:04","slug":"minneapolis-school-shooters-devout-mother-struggled-with-killers-gender-swap-and-behavior-issues-daily-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36664","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis school shooter&#8217;s devout mother struggled with killer&#8217;s gender swap and behavior issues &#8211; Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The mother of <strong>Robin Westman<\/strong>, the 23-year-old behind the Minneapolis school shooting, reportedly struggled for years with her child\u2019s gender transition and troubling behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Former teachers recalled that Westman was a lonely student at Annunciation Catholic School. <em>\u201cShe didn\u2019t have friends and was often disruptive,\u201d<\/em> one teacher said. Mary, the shooter\u2019s mother, was frequently called to meetings and appeared nervous.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mary confided in staff that she was unsure how to handle Robin\u2019s transition from Robert. <em>\u201cI think she was struggling with her Catholic faith,\u201d<\/em> a former employee explained. Robin later wrote in a disturbing manifesto that his mother should have seen the red flags. <em>\u201cI feel like my mom would have seen it coming,\u201d<\/em> he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Robin killed two children and injured 18 others inside the same school he once attended. Investigators are still examining his writings, which revealed anger, depression, and confusion over gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>This tragedy shows the heartbreaking mix of family struggle, mental health, and violence. <strong>How can communities spot red flags before it\u2019s too late?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1599122\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of Robin Westman, the 23-year-old behind the Minneapolis school shooting, reportedly struggled for years with her child\u2019s gender transition and troubling behavior. Former teachers recalled that Westman was &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36664","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\/36664","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=36664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36666,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36664\/revisions\/36666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}