MN- Minneapolis, mass shooting at church, multiple fatalities, possible explosive device found. Aug 2025

[Sadi]

i think she/her attorney spoke with some law enforcement... i don't know if that's cooperation but it's more than nothing. jmo

i saw this clip... starts about 10;00... the assistant police chief spoke about communication with mom

Thank you

 

[Ghostwheel]

This was interesting and might be why the mother is keeping quiet. At this point her whole life is being dissected.

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption​

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption

The mother of transgender Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman once appeared in a movie made by her daughter — who she gave up for adoption as a child, a report revealed.

nypost.com

 

[fred&edna]

Probably not a good idea unless she was going to first reach out to the student's parents to get permission. Also, she was an art teacher and not a trained counselor to assess the issue of the self-harm reported. I think she did her duty, which is all she could responsibly do in a situation like this.

It sounds like the shooter wasn't in that school for very long and was transferred out to a transitional charter school. Perhaps she thought the shooter might adjust there and do better in that kind of environment. JMO.

i guess i should have been specific... i would assume the teacher would have sought info by asking the parents. but, then there are some school districts like a few in virginia - that require students to give permission before a teacher can share with parents any personal info confided to them by student. thus, my decision to be vague about how that contact might possibly occur.

if she was concerned about mental health failures in the system as she stated on her fb post, and she was so direly concerned about rw committing serious self harm... i wonder if anything could have prevented her from following up on a personal basis. i mean, it's possible parents would have been happy for her personal efforts of concern.

jmo

 

[Teche]

This is awful. I really wonder what was actually wrong with RW. I think something mental far more than depression was going on. It's disturbing to hear just how much hate this is for everyone and everything. RW sits at a park where bugs are and complains constantly about the bugs. I think most of us would just not sit at the dang park and we'd find a place that didn't have bugs if this was such a problem, but instead RW sits there and just writes about the bugs over and over. Writing hurtful things about Theresa.. If she was such an ick person that RW needed to complain about her and say something as awful as I'm surprised, she hasn't ki##ed herself, then why visit her at all? It's like RW is creating the problems they are complaining about on purpose. IMO

Is Teresa a friend or family member?

 

[Sundog]

This was interesting and might be why the mother is keeping quiet. At this point her whole life is being dissected.

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption​

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption

The mother of transgender Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman once appeared in a movie made by her daughter — who she gave up for adoption as a child, a report revealed.

nypost.com

She sounds very talented and that she and her birth mother have come to terms with their history. She's another victim of the shooter's actions.

I found it interesting that this article mentions that the mother's home in Florida is a second home to the home that she has in Minneapolis. I wonder if that is correct or an error on the part of the New York Post. I haven't seen that stated in any MSM that I have read, unless I missed it.

 

[Seni]

How did the press get access to the shooter's diaries? Were they on-line somewhere?

 

[Sundog]

dbm

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

Is Teresa a friend or family member?

From reading the journals, I get the feeling that Theresa is a sibling because in the post script there is a note to "T" and tells her to make up with their mother or something like that. I'd have to go back and look. I'm assuming "T" is Theresa. Maybe, she did a lot of complaining about Mom. Who knows?

JMO.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> The father seems to be flying under the radar thus far. Maybe, because RW focused all the blame on their mother. From my experience, mothers are often blamed for everything. I blame my mother for a lot. In turn, my son blames me for a lot...

I actually think that RW's mother did the best that she could. RW wasn't mature or sane enough to realize it. It actually took me a while to figure out that my father was right about so much. I just wish that he had lived longer for me to tell him so.

JMO.

 

[sunspun]

from @Ghostwheel s post above:

it says RW's mom starred in a film "directed by the daughter she gave up for adoption as a child..."

As a child?? She had a baby when she herself was still a child? Is that what that means? Maybe she was 17, technically still a child, but not too unusual. But the way they stated that made me think she may have been even younger.

Apparently, she's a practicing Catholic and I assume was as a child as well, so that must have been a big deal for her and her family back then, unless she was also a child (teen) bride (also not that unusual.)

 

[EphemerallyAya]

from @Ghostwheel s post above:

it says RW's mom starred in a film "directed by the daughter she gave up for adoption as a child..."

As a child?? She had a baby when she herself was still a child? Is that what that means? Maybe she was 17, technically still a child, but not too unusual. But the way they stated that made me think she may have been even younger.

Apparently, she's a practicing Catholic and I assume was as a child as well, so that must have been a big deal for her and her family back then, unless she was also a child (teen) bride (also not that unusual.)

I think "as a child" is referring to the daughter. Imo

 

[sunspun]

I think "as a child" is referring to the daughter. Imo

Hm, maybe... I read it again looking at it that way though, and I still don't see it like that, because why would they say that about the child she gave up for adoption, when it's ALWAYS a child that is adopted (well, I guess there are some cases of adults who have been adopted as adults, but I don't think that's common enough to have to point out that this adoptee was a child.) Unless it's just sloppy writing (admittedly very possible) I still think they meant she was a child when she gave up a baby for adoption. You see what I mean?

ETA I thought about it some more, and now I see it's possible they meant the adopted daughter, since they're talking about an adopted daughter who is NOW AN ADULT, so they may have said "as a child" about the daughter in that context. Still if so, seems confusingly worded to me.

 

[justtrish]

Hm, maybe... I read it again looking at it that way though, and I still don't see it like that, because why would they say that about the child she gave up for adoption, when it's ALWAYS a child that is adopted (well, I guess there are some cases of adults who have been adopted as adults, but I don't think that's common enough to have to point out that this adoptee was a child.) Unless it's just sloppy writing (admittedly very possible) I still think they meant she was a child when she gave up a baby for adoption. You see what I mean?

The article says the daughter is 44 and mom is 67 so mom would have been 23 when she gave the baby up for adoption.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

SMH

Your adult child has just committed a horrific crime and as a result, your past is being revealed to all and sundry.

No one deserves this. Her child is dead and she is being raked over the coals with no evidence I've seen that she facilitated or abetted the crime.

Just cruel. IMO

 

[airportwoman]

from @Ghostwheel s post above:

it says RW's mom starred in a film "directed by the daughter she gave up for adoption as a child..."

As a child?? She had a baby when she herself was still a child? Is that what that means? Maybe she was 17, technically still a child, but not too unusual. But the way they stated that made me think she may have been even younger.

Apparently, she's a practicing Catholic and I assume was as a child as well, so that must have been a big deal for her and her family back then, unless she was also a child (teen) bride (also not that unusual.)

The link said that the mother had her adopted-out daughter when she was in her early 20s.

 

[indicolite22]

Is Teresa a friend or family member?

She is the shooter's sister. RW was the youngest of six children.

 

[Betty P]

This was interesting and might be why the mother is keeping quiet. At this point her whole life is being dissected.

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption​

Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman’s mom once starred in a film directed by daughter she gave up for adoption

The mother of transgender Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman once appeared in a movie made by her daughter — who she gave up for adoption as a child, a report revealed.

nypost.com

I don’t see anything wrong with this, it seems a kind gesture.
When young and unmarried, she apparently became pregnant. She gave the baby up for adoption. This daughter later re-connected with her. She asked her to appear with her in a movie about adopted children being reunited with their birth parents. Thousands of adoptees have done similar shows and movies like this.

What am I missing here? Why all the hatred and suspicion of this woman, but not for other parents of mass shooters?

 

[Betty P]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> The father seems to be flying under the radar thus far. Maybe, because RW focused all the blame on their mother. From my experience, mothers are often blamed for everything. I blame my mother for a lot. In turn, my son blames me for a lot...

I actually think that RW's mother did the best that she could. RW wasn't mature or sane enough to realize it. It actually took me a while to figure out that my father was right about so much. I just wish that he had lived longer for me to tell him so.

JMO.

The father lived nearby, saw the son regularly, owned guns and tactical gear and allowed the son to use his vehicle. No one is blaming him for the shootings.

There are circumstances where parents might be guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a mass shooter. It usually involves a perp who is still young, living at home, has obvious mental problems and violent tendencies that the parents were warned about, but deliberately ignored. Those parents often purchased assault weapons, ammo or shooting practice.

 

[Elley Mae]

I blame the msm/ media for putting the target on his mother, she opposed his/her decision (according to his/her writings). I as well wondered about the dad before it was reported that he did speak to LE.
The partner/romantic other i would think would also be able to shed some light on their mindset having recently broken up, could be the reason for the break up.

Jmo
The media is the one that took the focus from the shooter to the mother.

Jmo

 

[indicolite22]

I don’t see anything wrong with this, it seems a kind gesture.
When young and unmarried, she apparently became pregnant. She gave the baby up for adoption. This daughter later re-connected with her. She asked her to appear with her in a movie about adopted children being reunited with their birth parents. Thousands of adoptees have done similar shows and movies like this.

What am I missing here? Why all the hatred and suspicion of this woman, but not for other parents of mass shooters?

It was the mother who reached out to the eldest daughter and later they both reconnected with the daughter's father. The daughter met her half siblings. It's unlikely that that significantly affected RW.

IMO the mother has been the target (unjustly) because of the trans issue.